Skip to content

Environment News

Heavy snow in north and central China disrupts travel and schools and kills one person

Heavy snow in north and central China disrupts travel and schools and kills one person

BEIJING (AP) — Heavy snow has blanketed northern and central China, disrupting travel and forcing schools to cancel classes. One person was killed on Wednesday in a roof collapse at a supermarket in Hebei province, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Saturated California gets more rain and snow but so far escapes severe damage it saw only weeks ago

Saturated California gets more rain and snow but so far escapes severe damage it saw only weeks ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California faced the threat of flooding Tuesday with winter storms blowing through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage from mudslides, wind and rain spawned by an atmospheric river only weeks
Singapore Airshow kicks off with aerial displays; Boeing and China's COMAC announce new orders

Singapore Airshow kicks off with aerial displays; Boeing and China's COMAC announce new orders

SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Airshow — Asia’s largest — kicked off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by China’s COMAC C919 narrow-body airliner, with aircraft manufacturers such as COMAC and Boeing announcing new orders.
Warm and dry weather prompts Alberta to declare an early start to wildfire season

Warm and dry weather prompts Alberta to declare an early start to wildfire season

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has declared an early start to the 2024 wildfire season in the face of low snowpacks and forecasts of dry weather to come.
Trinidad hires foreign experts to help contain oil spill and remove capsized barge

Trinidad hires foreign experts to help contain oil spill and remove capsized barge

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago announced Tuesday that it is partnering with international experts to remove the wreckage of a barge that capsized in nearby waters and caused a major oil spill .
New Jersey gov's wife, a US Senate candidate, opposes power plant that he could kill

New Jersey gov's wife, a US Senate candidate, opposes power plant that he could kill

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday she opposes construction of a gas-fired backup power plant in a minority neighborhood already heavily burdened with pollution.
Federal government scales back carbon price rebates for small businesses

Federal government scales back carbon price rebates for small businesses

OTTAWA — The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the size of the rebate it is providing to rural families.
Global Citizen plans conference to team young people with world leaders like World Bank's Ajay Banga

Global Citizen plans conference to team young people with world leaders like World Bank's Ajay Banga

NEW YORK (AP) — International advocacy organization Global Citizen is turning to Gen Z and millennial leaders in its fight to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and end extreme poverty.
Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port

Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation's first floating offshore wind power research array, the state's governor said Tuesday.
Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?

Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?

TEAHUPO'O, French Polynesia (AP) — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo'o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beac