Tag: Environmental concerns
Judge sets deadline for rare Nevada plant-listing decision
<p>RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has given the Fish and Wildlife Service just 30 more days to make an overdue decision on whether...
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and...
Biden to restore California’s power to set pollution rules
<p>DETROIT — The U.S. Transportation Department is moving to reverse former President Donald Trump's bid to end California's ability to set its own automobile...
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
WASHINGTON — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in a...
Earth Day: Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys
<p>MARATHON, Fla. — Staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean on Thursday to mark...
Climate activists shatter windows at HSBC London building
LONDON — Climate change activists have vandalized HSBC’s London headquarters, smashing windows in a protest against the bank’s alleged links to the fossil fuel...
EPA review faults permitting for proposed Minnesota mine
MINNEAPOLIS — An internal investigation has found that the Environmental Protection Agency mishandled its oversight of permits for what would be Minnesota’s first copper-nickel...
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
<p>WASHINGTON — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in <a...
DeSantis, Army Corps reach deal on major Everglades project.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an agreement Thursday with the Army Corps of Engineers that will continue work on a key...
US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June
<p>BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of...