Climate / Environment

$302M in BP oil spill money budgeted to restore ecosystems

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<p>NEW ORLEANS &mdash; Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74...

Dakota Access pipeline wants review from US Supreme Court

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BISMARCK, N.D. — The owners of the Dakota Access pipeline said Thursday they want the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court opinions confirming...

US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking

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<p>SPOKANE, Wash. &mdash; An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid...

Gone Fission: Controversial nuke plant near NYC shuts down

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BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the...

TVA CEO: US needs tech advances to reach carbon goals

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<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. &mdash; The head of America’s largest public utility said they are on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the...

Daimler Truck, Volvo to make fuel cells in Europe from 2025

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany's Daimler Truck AG and Sweden's Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe...

Indiana governor signs wetland repeal bill, despite pushback

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<p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; A bill removing some protections from Indiana’s already diminished wetlands was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/legislature-wildlife-deregulation-legislation-wetlands-7f53e26aa9c25590b44113a603e58720">signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb</a> Thursday despite widespread...

EU study: GMO laws needs overhaul; environmentalists protest

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BRUSSELS — A new European Union study finds that the two decade-old legislation on genetically modified organisms should be revamped, a process environmentalists claim...

Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan

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<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Rarely has a routine water resources bill generated so much political buzz, but as senators hoisted the measure to passage Thursday the...

People of color more exposed than whites to air pollution

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Across America, people of color are exposed to more air pollution than whites from industry, vehicles, construction and many other sources, a new study...