Climate / Environment

UK pushing ahead with plans for in person COP26

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<p>LONDON &mdash; The U.K. official leading preparations for the COP26 climate conference reiterated Thursday the intention to hold the delayed summit in person despite...

Free offices with a view: 4 lighthouses, courtesy of feds

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<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. &mdash; Dreading your eventual return to the office? The federal government is making available — for free — some waterfront workspaces with...

Danes start digging up minks to prevent water pollution

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark has begun excavating the decomposing bodies of some 4 million mink, for fear they will pollute drinking water or a...

Blinken heads to Iceland meeting with Russia on his mind

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<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Secretary of State <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-antony-blinken-cabinets-d74929057a9e8e5f74e0ee553a6baced">Antony Blinken</a> is headed to Europe and North Atlantic islands next week to put the Biden administration’s stamp...

UK pushing ahead with plans for in person COP26

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LONDON — The U.K. official leading preparations for the COP26 climate conference reiterated Thursday the intention to hold the delayed summit in person despite...

Forest Service delays logging project near Yellowstone park

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<p>HELENA, Mont. &mdash; The U.S. Forest Service has delayed a proposed logging project just outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park that the agency...

Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive

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<p>DURHAM, N.H. &mdash; When the pandemic struck last year, oyster farmer Chris Bertis soon realized the restaurants that bought his oysters had mostly closed....

Tesla to stop accepting Bitcoin for car payments

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Electric car maker Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin as a payment, CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday, citing environmental concerns. ...

New Ford models can get over-the-internet software updates

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<p>DEARBORN, Mich. &mdash; Ford says it is starting to send out over-the-internet software updates to some of its newer models as it moves to...

Biden team moves swiftly to tackle pipeline political peril

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The Biden administration swung aggressively into action after a primary gasoline pipeline fell prey to a cyberattack — understanding that the situation posed a...