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RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a reversal that marks a significant victory for conservationists, federal officials have decided to “revisit” the 2021 environmental review that cleared the way for construction of a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives. Environmentalists and tribal leaders suing to block the project said the move will [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week that his department will invest $300 million to improve the measurement and reporting of emissions by the country's agriculture and forestry sectors. The investment — which comes from the Inflation Reduction Act — will create a research network to monitor carbon levels in soil, which is crucial for [...]
Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since its residents installed a new heating and cooling system — one that isn’t well known yet in the United States. “My wife is pretty happy because in the summer we can keep it to as cold [...]
GENOA, Neb. (AP) — In a remote patch of a long-closed Native American boarding school, near a canal and some railroad tracks, Nebraska’s state archeologist and two teammates filled buckets with dirt and sifted through it as if they were searching for gold. They’re trying to find the bodies of children who died at the [...]
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — At a sprawling military installation in the middle of the rolling green hills of eastern Kentucky, a milestone is about to be reached in the history of warfare dating back to World War I. Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot are close to destroying rockets filled with GB nerve agent [...]
HONOLULU — The town of Hauula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between verdant, towering cliffs of the Koolau mountain range and the Pacific. Yet the stunning views obscure an environmental problem beneath the ground. This rural part of the island of Oahu is not connected to city sewers — [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers seeking a valid passport should be prepared to wait for that document due to a much-feared backup of passport applications. The backup is happening as worldwide travel rebounds toward record pre-pandemic levels — with too few workers to handle the load. The result, according to aspiring travelers in the United States [...]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials last week said they will make it easier for scientists to relocate plants and animals outside of their historical ranges as a last resort to save species threatened with extinction. Relocations of species have been carried out on a limited basis to date, including in Hawaii, where researchers have [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court last week released a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity. Leaders of scores of universities said last week that they were disappointed by what they see as a blow to diversity. Yet many also [...]
REPRESA, California (AP) — The graduates lined up, brushing off their gowns and adjusting classmates' tassels and stoles. As the graduation march played, the 85 men appeared to hoots and cheers from their families. They marched to the stage — one surrounded by barbed wire fence and constructed by fellow prisoners. For those were no [...]