Things to know about the US coal industry and proposed changes under the Trump administration
Read full article: Things to know about the US coal industry and proposed changes under the Trump administrationThe U.S. coal industry has been in a steep decline for decades, and President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect it.
Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia
Read full article: Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West VirginiaPresident Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at boosting coal are getting a warm embrace in West Virginia.
Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump's budget cuts
Read full article: Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump's budget cutsCampgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May.
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Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area
Read full article: Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn areaFour months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore through the Angeles National Forest and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Altadena, wildlife is returning to the Eaton Fire burn area and scientists are closely tracking them.
North Dakota enacts nation's first law shielding Roundup's maker from some cancer lawsuits
Read full article: North Dakota enacts nation's first law shielding Roundup's maker from some cancer lawsuitsNorth Dakota has become the first state to enact a law that could shield the maker of the popular Roundup brand of weedkiller from lawsuits.
Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil
Read full article: Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in BrazilA labor rights group has alleged that Starbucks sourced coffee from a major Brazilian cooperative whose member farms were cited for keeping workers in slave-like conditions.
Green energy supporters pushed for faster permitting. Trump is doing it, but not for solar or wind
Read full article: Green energy supporters pushed for faster permitting. Trump is doing it, but not for solar or windFor years proponents of green energy have argued that the slow, inefficient permitting process in the United States significantly hinders the transition to clean sources of electricity.
The UK says at an energy summit that green power will boost security, as the US differs
Read full article: The UK says at an energy summit that green power will boost security, as the US differsBritain has announced a major investment in wind power as it hosts an international summit on energy security.
China's fast-growing EV makers pursuing varied routes to global expansion
Read full article: China's fast-growing EV makers pursuing varied routes to global expansionThe world's auto industry is getting a shake-up from Chinese automakers that are quickly expanding across the globe, offering relatively affordable electric vehicles designed to wow car buyers with sleek designs and the latest high-tech interiors.
Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests
Read full article: Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protestsA federal judge has found the U.S. government liable to the state of North Dakota for nearly $28 million in the state's lawsuit for recouping money spent on policing the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Read full article: 84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on recordHarmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.
$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmers
Read full article: $50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmersA company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation.
The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
Read full article: The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimatesA new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last year.
EVs, tariffs in the spotlight as Chinese automakers take leading role at Shanghai auto show
Read full article: EVs, tariffs in the spotlight as Chinese automakers take leading role at Shanghai auto showLeading automakers are showcasing their latest designed-for-China models at the Shanghai auto show this week.
A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day
Read full article: A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth DayArborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees.
Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day
Read full article: Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth DayPlastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear.
Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change
Read full article: Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate changeIn his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern.
Lawsuits accuse insurers of colluding to drop coverage in fire-prone parts of California
Read full article: Lawsuits accuse insurers of colluding to drop coverage in fire-prone parts of CaliforniaTwo lawsuits filed in Los Angeles accuse the major home insurers of colluding to limit coverage in high-risk areas across California.
Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders
Read full article: Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speedersRemoving lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.
15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete
Read full article: 15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incompleteFifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt.
Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo
Read full article: Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zooPupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years in conditions criticized by activists.
Fishers celebrate Trump's seafood order while conservation groups fear overfishing
Read full article: Fishers celebrate Trump's seafood order while conservation groups fear overfishingPresident Donald Trump’s executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations.
In East Palestine derailment trial, railroad and chemical maker agree on who pays residents
Read full article: In East Palestine derailment trial, railroad and chemical maker agree on who pays residentsNorfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of the two companies it has been trying to force to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned.
China dominates solar. Trump tariffs target China. For US solar industry, that means higher costs
Read full article: China dominates solar. Trump tariffs target China. For US solar industry, that means higher costsPresident Donald Trump's escalating trade war with China means hopeful solar buyers may have a much harder time getting systems installed in the U.S. in coming months.
A Russian bucket brigade helps toads and frogs cross the road to get to a spawning site
Read full article: A Russian bucket brigade helps toads and frogs cross the road to get to a spawning siteIt happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs.
Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists
Read full article: Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalistsThe Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species.
Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
Read full article: Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind projectThe Trump administration has issued an order to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry.