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Oil and gas withdrawal around US park stirs debate over economic costs for Native American tribe

Oil and gas withdrawal around US park stirs debate over economic costs for Native American tribe

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong's iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short

Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong's iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short

NEW YORK (AP) — It's not just you. Sriracha is hard to come by these days — at least for one popular brand.
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Tornado hits Ottawa suburban neighbourhood, damaging 125 homes and scattering debris

Tornado hits Ottawa suburban neighbourhood, damaging 125 homes and scattering debris

OTTAWA — The remains of totalled fences, blown-out windows and ripped-off roofs were scattered across a south-end neighbourhood in Ottawa on Thursday after a tornado hit with little warning.
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Air quality study finds elevated levels of carcinogen across Hamilton

Air quality study finds elevated levels of carcinogen across Hamilton

A University of Toronto professor says residents of Hamilton, Ont., could be inhaling the chemical equivalent of one or two cigarettes per week -- at minimum -- due to elevated levels of a cancer-causing compound in the air.
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B.C. residents urged to conserve water as worsening drought conditions parch province

B.C. residents urged to conserve water as worsening drought conditions parch province

British Columbia residents are being asked to do their part to conserve water as drought conditions parch the province.
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Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must 'attack all emissions, everywhere'

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must 'attack all emissions, everywhere'

BERLIN (AP) — The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks called Thursday for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a
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Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard

Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
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Egypt, Ethiopia hope to reach agreement within 4 months after long dispute over Africa's largest dam

Egypt, Ethiopia hope to reach agreement within 4 months after long dispute over Africa's largest dam

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — After years of failed talks, Ethiopia and Egypt said Thursday they aim to finalize within four months an agreement on the operations of Africa’s largest dam, an apparent breakthrough in a dispute that Cairo has described as an e
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Calgary company partners with Adidas to produce CO2-embedded running shoes

Calgary company partners with Adidas to produce CO2-embedded running shoes

CALGARY — A Calgary-based technology company has paired up with Adidas in a partnership that will see the sneaker giant manufacture some of its shoes using ink embedded with captured carbon emissions.
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Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter

An already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree (0.13 degrees Celsius), with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month, the U.S.
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