Tag: Environment and nature
‘Nothing but problems’: Shipwreck tear-down enters 5th month
SAVANNAH, Ga. — When salvage crews began cutting apart the capsized Golden Ray, a shipwreck the size of a 70-story office building with 4,200...
Snow, rainfall refills Indiana lake after 2020 drought
MONTICELLO, Ind. — A popular northern Indiana lake that shrank dramatically last year due to a drought and water releases required to protect rare...
No. 21 Missouri State pulls out of Mountain West Conference
No. 21 Missouri State pulled out of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Saturday after a positive COVID-19 test was found in Bradley's program...
Groups sue over California county’s plan to drill oil wells
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Environmental and community groups have sued a California county after the prime oil-drilling region approved a plan to fast-track thousands of...
Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to...
Wild population of endangered Mexican wolves keeps growing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Once on the verge of extinction, the rarest subspecies of the gray wolf in North America has seen its population nearly...
Feds release investigative docs on Kentucky pipeline blast
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Heat from a deadly gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky burned so hot it melted the siding on a home 1,100 feet...
Mexico president wants probe of judge who blocked power plan
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador demanded an investigation Friday into judges who have temporarily blocked the implementation of his plan...
Whitmer offers plan to supply propane after pipeline closes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration released a plan Friday to make sure Michigan will have enough propane if a controversial pipeline...
Second winter: Anchorage gets up to 18 inches of fresh snow
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Residents in some parts of Alaska’s largest city woke Thursday to a surprise: up to 18 new inches of snow.</p>
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