Environment

A man walks through the floods towards destroyed houses in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr, western Germany, on July 15, 2021.Bernd Lauter | AFP | Getty ImagesClimate affects the "economic growth story" and requires a response at the local,…

HONOLULU -- Bright lights at a luxury Hawaii resort are killing endangered seabirds, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by conservation groups that say hotel officials need to do more to protect the species.…

Massive methane emissions from the oil and gas industry can be detected from space and are costing countries billions of dollars, according to a new study.“Methane emissions from oil-and-gas production and…

Conservation groups are suing a Maui resort, alleging its bright lights disorient endangered seabirdsBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated PressFebruary 8, 2022, 12:48 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this…

A wind farm shares space with corn fields in Latimer, Iowa, U.S.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $1 billion on projects for farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to use practices that curb…

Flood-devastated farmers and ranchers across B.C. are cautiously optimistic ahead of a joint federal and provincial announcement Monday of what is being billed as the “largest agricultural recovery program” in the province’s history.…

Saudi Arabia is reportedly restarting plans to list more shares of state oil giant Saudi Aramco, with recent reports saying the kingdom wants to sell as much as $50 billion, or 2.5% of the company.Executives are said to be weighing the sale…

Now that climate change is widely accepted as a clear and present danger, adaptation is becoming an increasingly important topic.Changing our attitudes, practices and infrastructure to address problems that might…

ABOARD THE MV ARCTIC SUNRISE, ANTARCTICA -- Peering through binoculars from an inflatable motorboat bobbing in frigid waters, polar ecology researchers Michael Wethington and Alex Borowicz scan a rocky outcrop on…

A spill of more than 100,000 dead fish in the Atlantic Ocean off the French coast has been described by the French Maritime Minister as "shocking" in an incident that has drawn the attention of environmental activist…