Tag: Climate and environment
Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline
MADISON, Wis. -- A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials Thursday to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin...
Feds announce funding push for ropeless fishing gear that spares rare whales
PORTLAND, Maine -- New efforts to convert some types of commercial fishing to ropeless gear that is safer for rare whales will be...
Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
LOS ANGELES -- As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking...
Seeds are gifts from nature, says a major organic producer. So now it's going to give them away
NAPLES, New York -- A major organic seed company has surprised its supporters by announcing it will end sales and give hundreds of...
Game of inches: Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled industry
PORTLAND, Maine -- Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the...
Indians who prepaid $1,000 to order Tesla EVs ask for their money back as cars fail to arrive
HANOI, Vietnam -- In April 2016, Elon Musk invited Indians to preorder the upcoming Tesla Model 3. Vishal Gondal was one of the...