Tag: Plants
New York judge rejects state efforts to shutter bitcoin mine over climate concerns
NEW YORK -- A cryptocurrency plant in central New York can continue operating after a court rejected the state’s effort to shutter the...
Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation
MADISON, Wis. -- Enbridge's contentious plan to reroute an aging pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribal reservation moved closer to reality Thursday after...
Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?
CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe -- Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season.Rather than prepare her land in Zimbabwe’s arid southeastern Chipinge...
Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
RENO, Nev. -- Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say...
Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation
AGUA CLARA, Brazil -- A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after...
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles
BELLVUE, Colo. -- Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months."That's...