Environment
Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents.
28 beluga whales relocating to U.S. aquariums from shuttered Canadian theme park
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has approved plans to relocate 28 beluga whales from a closed Canadian theme park.
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Fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris triggers evacuations; 10 still missing in Spanish wildfire
A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday prompted evacuations of some residential neighborhoods and disrupted train and highway traffic.
Crash of an aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire leaves the pilot dead
An aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said.
Philadelphia area digs out from damage left by a severe series of microburst storms
Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thunderstorms that passed through.
World Sailing measures the environmental impact of the sport’s Olympic equipment for the first time
The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport's Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact.
Typhoon Bavi weakens but still brings strong winds and rain to China
Typhoon Bavi weakened Sunday to a tropical storm hours after making landfall in eastern China's Zhejiang province, but was still bringing days of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of China.
Focus turns to building stronger institutions in Africa to speed shift to renewable energy
Africa's biggest clean energy challenge is shifting from building projects to building the institutions, markets and regulatory systems needed to deliver them at scale, experts say.
More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safe as Missouri faces flooding
One person remains missing in Missouri after heavy rainfall battered parts of the state on Friday, forcing numerous emergency rescues and evacuations, including at a summer camp with more than 200 children.
Maryland environmental officials investigating mass fish kill in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
The Maryland Department of the Environment is investigating a fish kill in Baltimore's Inner Harbor that they say was caused by bacteria that reduced oxygen levels.
Trump rolls back protections for habitats of endangered species
The Trump administration recast how threatened species should be considered in environmental actions by removing regulatory language to protect wildlife habitats.
Wildfire devastates an expat community in southern Spain, killing at least 12 with 23 missing
A wildfire roared through a remote expat community in southern Spain overnight, killing at least 12 people as victims tried to flee the flames in cars and on foot, authorities said Friday. Eight people were injured and 23 missing, Andalusia's regional leader Juan Manuel Moreno said.
‘Hoot and shoot’: U.S. destroying thousands of barred owls in scheme to save spotted owls
It's hard to imagine the federal government paying hunters to shoot and kill owls, but that's exactly what has begun in the Pacific Northwest and California, where the destruction of up to 450,000 barred owls is underway in a desperate bid to save spotted owls.
Solar-powered tricycles help Cubans navigate fuel shortages and blackouts
Cuba's iconic vintage cars have all but disappeared and in their place, small electric tricycles - most of them made in China - have become the primary means of transportation for hundreds of thousands of Cubans grappling with a prolonged fuel crisis.
Meteorologists warn week ahead in U.S. will have dangerous temps: ‘Heat is not to be played with’
Most of America's Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome that will spike temperatures in a way that the National Weather Service calls "significant and dangerous."
Two drownings in recent weeks have officials rethinking Potomac River rules
Montgomery County officials are weighing stronger enforcement against swimming in the Potomac River following a pair of drownings.
Specialty farmers adapt harvests, protect crops in face of extreme heat
Even as the sun started to set, the day's heat was still hanging in the air as Annie Woods walked back out to harvest squash and zucchini on her 50-acre farm.