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NEW ORLEANS — Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous [...]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Declaring it good "not only for Arizona but for the planet," President Joe Biden earlier this week signed a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, turning the decades-long visions of Native American tribes and environmentalists into reality. The move will help preserve about 1,562 square miles [...]
LAYTON, Fla. (AP) — Steps away from the warming waters of Florida Bay, marine biologist Emily Becker removed covers from the dozens of water-filled tanks under her watchful eye. Nestled in seawater carefully maintained at about 85 degrees lay hundreds of pieces of coral — some a sickly white from the bleaching that threatens to [...]
HONOLULU (AP) — Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned multiple structures, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities this week, and rescuers pulled a dozen people escaping smoke and flames from the ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard responded to areas where people went into the ocean to escape the fire and smoky [...]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Raging waters ate away at riverbanks, destroyed at least two buildings and damaged others in Alaska's capital city after an outburst of weekend flooding from a glacial lake, authorities said. Levels along the Mendenhall River had begun falling by Sunday and returned to normal levels Monday but the city said river banks [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Wind power developers have proposed four new projects off the New Jersey Shore, a surge that would more than double the number of wind farms built off its coast if they are approved by regulators. At least two of them are more than twice as far out to sea than [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The federal government's most ambitious plan ever to slash greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are vital to slowing climate change. The EPA [...]
NEW YORK — Those ads showing caged dogs and desperate looking cats while Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" played in the background have been not just effective at making viewers sad, but also remarkably successful at raising money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals since 2007. However, a new study [...]
Veronica Iordanova remembers Octobers growing up in Arizona when it was too cold to trick-or-treat in a short-sleeved Halloween costume. She can't imagine that anymore. The summer heat lasts longer and feels more intense now, and she knows that is a result of human-caused global warming. She worries about her and her family's future. "We [...]
PHOENIX — After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix climbed back up to dangerously high temperatures last week, which could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants, too. Residents across the sprawling metro are finding the extended extreme heat has led to fried flora, [...]