Tag: environment
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...
A raptor with no qualms about eating its opponents wins New Zealand’s annual bird election
WELLINGTON – New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a...
After global aid cuts, nonprofits seek new energy and new partners on the UN sidelines
NEW YORK – A passing comment in a hotel hallway at one of the many conferences on the sidelines of the United Nations General...
Judge rules feds can’t require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster money
BOSTON – A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that it’s unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to...
The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward Breaking Point
For life on Earth, the oceans are essential. Not only do they supply us with food and resources, they also play a big role...
