Environment
Cleanup of abandoned mines could get boost, relieving rivers
September 20, 2021Thousands of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, in some cases harming fish and contaminating drinking water. Now efforts to finally clean up the sites could soon get...
Read moreReport: Climate change could displace 200 million people by 2050
September 13, 2021The worst-case scenario is “plausible” if collective action to reduce emissions and invest in development isn’t taken, especially in the next decade.
Read moreBiden on climate crisis: This is Code Red
September 8, 2021In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate ‘everybody’s crisis’.
Read moreDozens die in Ida’s rampage through the Northeast
September 3, 2021In fires in the West and floods in the East stunned Americans suffer the ominous effects of climate change.
Read moreJudge tosses Trump rollback of clean water safeguards
September 1, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands, and other waterways and left them vulnerable to pollution from nearby development....
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