Tag: Environmental concerns
California power shutdowns raise air pollution worries
Power shutdowns intended to prevent more devastating California wildfires are raising new concerns about another longstanding environmental threat: air pollution.As utilities halted service to...
With warming, get used to blackouts to prevent wildfires
WASHINGTON (AP) - Expect more preventative power blackouts in California as the climate gets hotter and drier and the wildfire season gets nastier and...
With warming, get used to blackouts to prevent wildfires
WASHINGTON (AP) - Expect more preventative power blackouts in California as the climate gets hotter and drier and the wildfire season gets nastier and...
EPA proposes rewrite of rules on lead contamination in water
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a rewrite of rules for dealing with lead pipes contaminating drinking water, but critics say...
Climate change activist climbs on BA plane in London
LONDON (AP) - A climate change activist has climbed atop a British Airways plane at London City Airport as demonstrations aiming to alert the...
Alaska Supreme Court to hear youths’ climate change lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming...
Cyprus-based project to monitor Mideast emissions
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - A new research center to monitor greenhouse gas emissions in the east Mediterranean and the Middle East officially launched Tuesday...
Climate activists block roads, protest in Australian cities
PERTH, Australia (AP) - Activists are blocking roads and protesting in Australian cities for a second day of global protests by the Extinction Rebellion...
The Latest: 90 climate protesters detained in Amsterdam
BERLIN (AP) - The Latest on international climate protests (all times local):4:20 p.m.Dutch police say they have detained about 90 demonstrators who were blocking...
Japan rescues all North Korean fishermen after collision
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese authorities said they rescued all of about 60 North Korean fishermen whose boat collided with a Japanese patrol vessel and...
