Environment News

RALEIGH, N.C.

A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to a pipeline company in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline .

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another storm system affected millions of people in the middle of the U.S.

MANDAN, N.D.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford named a new cabinet Wednesday with many familiar faces to tackle the challenges that a trade war with the United States will bring, though he did shuffle his housing, education and environment ministers.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Traffic was flowing in and out of the Florida Keys on Wednesday after a brush fire led officials to briefly close U.S. 1, snarling traffic for hours for those trying to enter or leave island chain.

SEATTLE (AP) — Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but many worry that mass federal worker firings will leave the nation more vulnerable to wildfires.

LODI, Calif. (AP) — Escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe are being closely watched in California’s iconic wine industry, which is already struggling due to declining global wine consumption, rising costs and swings in weather.

MONTREAL — Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months' worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage.

CALGARY — A group of top energy executives is calling on the leaders of the four federal political parties to declare a Canadian energy crisis and use emergency powers to help speed the development of key projects in the "national interest.