Tag: environment
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests
This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa this week...
Texas’ congressional delegation wants Trump to punish Mexico for missing key water deadline
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What Should Be in Your Bug-Out Bag, When the Disaster Comes?
This said, doesn’t everyone always have an emergency crate of two dozen extra Maruchan ramen packets? I cannot be alone in this.An Excellent FlashlightPhotograph:...
Harris County sues EPA after Trump administration claws back $250 million solar grant | Houston Public Media
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Harris County on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following the Trump administration’s move...
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine – Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales...
Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close
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Exxon delays planned plastics plant on Texas coast
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DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ likely never in removal proceedings
ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. government lawyers say that detainees at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” likely include...
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
BILLINGS, Mont. – U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government's biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering...
Trump administration opens more land for coal mining, offers $625M to boost coal-fired power plants
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to...
