Environment
Buzzworthy: Honeybee health blooming at federal facilities across the country
While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire, keep the American justice system buzzing, thousands of humble honeybees on the building’s roof are playing their part in a more important task - feeding the world.
Police in Missouri town remind residents that wrestling a local black bear is illegal
Bear sightings in Salem, Missouri, led the town police to remind residents of an obscure state law: Bear wrestling is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Halifax residents board buses to view homes destroyed by wildfires
Residents from Canada's Atlantic Coast city of Halifax whose homes have been destroyed by wildfires boarded buses Friday to get a look at what little remains of where they used to live.
Amazon workers strike over climate, remote work concerns
Thousands of Amazon corporate employees walked off the job Wednesday, protesting the company's remote work and climate policies.
Climate activists target Schumer, top Biden energy official over West Virginia pipeline
The approval of West Virginia's Mountain Valley Pipeline included in the debt-limit deal by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is spurring action from climate protesters.
Suspected arsonist stabs firefighter in the thigh along Texas highway
A suspected arsonist stabbed an Austin firefighter as crews battled blazes set alongside Interstate 35 on Monday.
Nevada fight over leaky irrigation canal and groundwater more complicated than it appears on surface
Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for their share of the precious resource from California's Central Valley to the Colorado and Missouri rivers.
Why liberals and climate activists are lashing out over debt limit deal's energy policies
President Biden's Democratic allies and environmentalists are attacking his deal with House Republicans to suspend the debt ceiling over the legislation's inclusion of provisions they fear undercut the administration's green energy agenda.
Venice's green-glowing Grand Canal might've been caused by environmental activists
Tourists and locals were perplexed when the water in a stretch of Venice's Grand Canal glowed bright green recently. A chemical used for water testing was to blame.
The easiest way to get a $7,500 tax credit for an electric vehicle? Consider leasing.
Thanks to a boost from the government, leasing - not buying - is becoming the most affordable way to get your hands on an electric vehicle.
Climate activists rammed by camera while intruding on Swedish dance show
A crane-operated camera was used to strike climate activists who interrupted a celebrity dance competition finale in Sweden on Friday.
Third nuclear reactor reaches 100% power output at Georgia's Plant Vogtle
A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month.
Biden's lofty EV goals face big barriers as federal funds flow to new chargers
The Biden administration can't say how much progress, if any, it is making on a $5 billion federal initiative to build new EV chargers along America's sprawling interstate highway system, according to several government agencies.
UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic pollution, but there is little agreement yet on what the outcome should be.
