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Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits

Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked.
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Maine considers electrifying proposal that would give the boot to corporate electric utilities

Maine considers electrifying proposal that would give the boot to corporate electric utilities

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Taking a page from the “throw-the-bums-out” script in politics, Mainers are poised to vote on an unprecedented plan to rid themselves of the state's two largest electric utilities and start with a clean slate.
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Biologists are keeping a close eye on a rare Mexican wolf that is wandering out of bounds

Biologists are keeping a close eye on a rare Mexican wolf that is wandering out of bounds

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Northern New Mexico or bust — that seems to be the case for at least one Mexican gray wolf that is intent on wandering beyond the boundaries set for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America.
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Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans

Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans

CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off the curb and into the crosswa
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Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

WASHINGTON (AP) — The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S.
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Panama president signs into law a moratorium on new mining concessions. A Canadian mine is untouched

Panama president signs into law a moratorium on new mining concessions. A Canadian mine is untouched

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions Friday. The law also prohibits renewing existing concessions. Panama’s National Assembly approved the bill Thursday.
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Gambier Island Local Trust Committee progresses on Keats Shoreline Protection Project

Gambier Island Local Trust Committee progresses on Keats Shoreline Protection Project

Keats Island shoreline protection project advances in the legislative process
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Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Indigenous leaders to protect 30 per cent of B.
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Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit

Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of a mini-summit at the White House aimed at bolstering hemispheric trade and economic stability throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Gas leak prompts rapid response in Roberts Creek

Gas leak prompts rapid response in Roberts Creek

Contractors cut pipe at co-housing complex on Nov. 1
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