Skip to content

Environment News

Trump picks former chief entangled in 'Sharpiegate' to lead NOAA

Trump picks former chief entangled in 'Sharpiegate' to lead NOAA

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the man who was his acting NOAA chief in 2019 when Trump altered an expected hurricane impact map in what becam
Read more >
Alberta woman fined $15K after pleading guilty to importing serval cats

Alberta woman fined $15K after pleading guilty to importing serval cats

OKOTOKS, Alta. — An Alberta woman has been fined $15,000 after she pleaded guilty to illegally importing two serval cats into the province.
Read more >
Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

HONOLULU (AP) — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island grew to more than 250 feet (76.
Read more >

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

HONOLULU (AP) — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island grew to more than 250 feet (76.
Read more >
Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms

Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms

LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats.
Read more >
Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms

Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms

LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats.
Read more >
A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was brought home last June, when red wolf breeding male No.
Read more >
Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low

Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low

MADISON, Wis.
Read more >
Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low

Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low

MADISON, Wis.
Read more >
New governor tests relations with North Carolina lawmakers with aid request for Helene recovery

New governor tests relations with North Carolina lawmakers with aid request for Helene recovery

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov.
Read more >