Tag: Environment
Carper urges tough US rules barring gas-powered cars by 2035
WASHINGTON — A top Senate Democrat is urging U.S. anti-pollution standards that would follow a deal brokered by California with five automakers and then...
Germany pledges to adjust climate law after court verdict
BERLIN — The German government on Friday announced that it will swiftly adjust its law aiming to curb climate change, after the country's top...
India’s deepening water crisis at the heart of farm protests
<p>RANSIH KALAN. India — Every year, Swarn Singh sows rice in his fields, knowing that the thirsty crop is draining northern India's Punjab of...
3D-printed home in Dutch city expands housing options
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers' new home is a 94-square meter (1,011-square foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows.
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Tigers’ Boyd leaves in 2nd inning with left knee tendinitis
<p>CHICAGO — Detroit Tigers starter Matthew Boyd left the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox after facing seven batters because...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...
Bodies of 3 Europeans ambushed in Burkina Faso flown home
<p>MADRID — A plane carrying the bodies of three Europeans killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso this week while they were filming a documentary...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Carper urges tough US rules barring gas-powered cars by 2035
<p>WASHINGTON — A top Senate Democrat is urging U.S. anti-pollution standards that would follow a deal brokered by California with five automakers and then...
Need a bigger net: Fish, age 100 or more, caught in Detroit
DETROIT — Now that's a whopper — a very old whopper!
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