Tag: Climate and environment

Company official charged in 2022 oil-chemical discharge into Michigan's Flint River

FLINT, Mich. -- The president of a chemical company has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a...

Nigerian agency 'failed completely' to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say

As it passed above the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite took an image. It showed acres of land, scraped bare. The site,...

Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

MIRERENI, Mayotte -- Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by...

Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy

CLONDALKIN, Ireland -- Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban...

After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells

ATLANTA -- Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his...

China's getting a big electric car battery swapping boost in 2025. Would that work across the globe?

Detroit -- China will soon see a massive expansion of electric vehicle battery swapping, as global battery maker CATL said Wednesday it is...