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Feds can't say which regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are working: audit

Feds can't say which regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are working: audit

OTTAWA — The federal government needs to start taking stock of whether its climate-change regulations are actually cutting greenhouse-gas emissions or not, Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco said Thursday DeMarco published the results of a new au
Michigan committee gives $175 million for EV battery plant

Michigan committee gives $175 million for EV battery plant

LANSING, Mich.
The federal government promised to plant 2 billion trees by 2030. It's nowhere close.

The federal government promised to plant 2 billion trees by 2030. It's nowhere close.

OTTAWA — Two years ago, Canada embarked on an odyssey to plant two billion trees in just 10 years. An audit of the program so far says the way things are now, it won't even get one-tenth of those trees in the ground in time.
Climate tension: UN chief chides Biden, other world leaders

Climate tension: UN chief chides Biden, other world leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.N.
Bank regulator action on climate change "overdue and now urgent": audit

Bank regulator action on climate change "overdue and now urgent": audit

OTTAWA — Canada's environment commissioner says action by the federal banking regulator on climate change is overdue and now urgent.
Book invites kids to turn native gardens into national park

Book invites kids to turn native gardens into national park

Doug Tallamy, the wildlife ecologist and entomologist who urges home gardeners to join forces and create a pollinator-friendly “Homegrown National Park,” is now bringing kids into the effort.
Spanish PM, EU slam irrigation plan for drought-hit wetlands

Spanish PM, EU slam irrigation plan for drought-hit wetlands

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister and the European Union’s environmental chief on Thursday slammed a plan by right-wing lawmakers to expand water rights for farmland around some of Europe's most important wetlands amid a prolonged drought .
US invests in alternative solar tech, more solar for renters

US invests in alternative solar tech, more solar for renters

The Biden administration announced more than $80 million in funding Thursday in a push to produce more solar panels in the U.S.
Dutch salvage team set to pump oil off rusting Yemen tanker

Dutch salvage team set to pump oil off rusting Yemen tanker

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen in a move hailed as a “critical milestone” in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster
Study: Climate change causing more 'heat stress' in Europe

Study: Climate change causing more 'heat stress' in Europe

BERLIN (AP) — Europeans, particularly in the south of the continent, are being subjected to more heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather, a study published Thursday shows.