Tag: Climate and environment
New governor tests relations with North Carolina lawmakers with aid request for Helene recovery
RALEIGH, N.C. -- RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their spending so far...
Lawsuit alleges first deaths from disastrous 2023 train derailment in Ohio
A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has been filed ahead...
Surreal prices for COP30 in Brazil's Amazon leave attendees scrambling for accommodation
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Nine months ahead of this year's annual U.N. climate summit, known as COP30, lodging prices in the Brazilian host...
Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Southeast Asia's only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila,...
In win for Trump, oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm
In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump's early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away...
Experts and advocates warn of nickel mining's risk to precious marine region of Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- One of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions is threatened by the expansion of nickel mining projects in Indonesia, according to...