Tag: Climate and environment
Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to...
Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court left in place Friday two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of planet-warming methane and...
Helene damaged a factory that makes IV fluids
The fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes critical hospital supplies will be felt broadly and could linger, experts...
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
MEXICO CITY -- In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel...
Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear
PORTLAND, Maine -- A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing...
Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?
LONG BEACH, Wash. -- Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over...