Tag: Environmental concerns
Biden doubling spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is doubling U.S. emergency spending to help communities prepare for hurricanes and other extreme weather events, while launching a...
3 Indiana communities get EPA grants to address brownfields
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Three Indiana communities are getting a share of $1.4 million in federal grants to help clean up or assess pollution at...
From Gaza to Chile, Biennale asks: How can we live together?
VENICE, Italy — In the time it has taken to prepare for the Venice Biennale, violence in the Middle East has overtaken a Palestinian...
G-7 nations to accelerate efforts to slow global warming
LONDON — Environment ministers from seven leading industrialized nations agreed Friday to accelerate efforts to slow global warming, including a commitment to end government...
Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers
ORIENT, Ohio — The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely — until his tractor rumbled over...
Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers
<p>ORIENT, Ohio — The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely — until his tractor rumbled over...
Judge: Dakota Access line can stay open pending Corps review
BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge ruled Friday that the Dakota Access oil pipeline may continue operating while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
From Gaza to Chile, Biennale asks: How can we live together?
<p>VENICE, Italy — In the time it has taken to prepare for the Venice Biennale, violence in the Middle East has overtaken a Palestinian...
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
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
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the...