Tag: Environment
Biden directs US to mitigate financial risk from climate
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the...
Judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles
<p>SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing...
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
<p>BOISE, Idaho — Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful...
Biden directs US to mitigate financial risk from climate
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the...
Freaked by cicada swarms? You could just stick a fork in ’em
NEW YORK — Cicadas are poised to infest whole swaths of American backyards this summer. Maybe it's time they invaded your kitchen.
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Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash
<p>Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls.</p>
<p>Across the...
Florida couple pleads guilty to attacking bears with dogs
OCALA, Fla. — A married couple has pleaded guilty to using doughnuts and pastries to lure black bears in rural Florida, allowing packs of...
Freaked by cicada swarms? You could just stick a fork in ’em
<p>NEW YORK — Cicadas are poised to infest whole swaths of American backyards this summer. Maybe it's time they invaded your kitchen.</p>
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Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth’s land and freshwater
WASHINGTON — Roughly a sixth of the planet’s land and freshwater area now lies within protected or conservation areas, according to a United Nations...
Florida couple pleads guilty to attacking bears with dogs
<p>OCALA, Fla. — A married couple has pleaded guilty to using doughnuts and pastries to lure black bears in rural Florida, allowing packs of...