Environment News

Federal government provides $5.9M for Indigenous clean energy projects in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada has announced the government is giving nearly $6 million for Indigenous communities in British Columbia to develop clean energy projects.

Jun 1, 2023 6:27 PM Read more >

Oregon youths’ climate lawsuit against US government can proceed to trial, judge rules

EUGENE, Ore.

Jun 1, 2023 6:22 PM Read more >

Peregrine falcons protecting chicks and dive-bombing Chicago pedestrians

CHICAGO (AP) — A pair of peregrine falcon parents are raising three chicks along Chicago's busy Wacker Drive, and beware to any pedestrian who ventures too closely to their nest. Just ask Chuck Valauskas, who was struck by one of the falcons.

Jun 1, 2023 5:40 PM Read more >

New Mexico sues manufacturers of 'forever chemicals' amid health concerns

SANTA FE, N.M.

Jun 1, 2023 5:37 PM Read more >

Northern Alberta residents stay back to help protect community from wildfire

Mike Mercredi is staying back to protect his northern Alberta community from a nearby wildfire after hundreds of people were forced to evacuate the area. The volunteer firefighter from Fort Chipewyan, Alta.

Jun 1, 2023 5:16 PM Read more >

Man acquitted of igniting massive 2018 Southern California wildfire

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man was acquitted Thursday of intentionally setting a fire that spread over 36 square miles (93 square kilometers) and burned more than a dozen cabins in remote Southern California canyons five years ago.

Jun 1, 2023 5:15 PM Read more >

Summerlike heat across Great Lakes region forces school closings

DETROIT (AP) — The calendar says it's still spring, but for parts of the Great Lakes region, hot, summerlike temperatures already have arrived, forcing some schools to close or shift students to remote learning.

Jun 1, 2023 4:51 PM Read more >

California lawmakers advance bill to cool down outside areas at schools

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Jun 1, 2023 4:22 PM Read more >

Brazil's Congress weakens pro-environment ministries in a rejection of Lula

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Congress has stripped powers away from the country's new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, both led by women environmentalists.

Jun 1, 2023 3:15 PM Read more >

Louisiana, 9 other states sue US government over steep flood insurance rate increases

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and nine other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday to block sharp increases in national flood insurance rates that are slated to be phased in over the coming years, saying the steeper price coul

Jun 1, 2023 2:58 PM Read more >