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Storms strike Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana; 7 reported dead

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

Apr 1, 2023 6:01 AM Read more >

Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return

TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of a Japanese town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Saturday, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a c

Apr 1, 2023 5:28 AM Read more >

As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out

BENGALURU, India (AP) — For the second year in a row, India’s government has ordered the nation’s coal-fired power plants to run at full power.

Mar 31, 2023 8:56 PM Read more >

Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Mar 31, 2023 5:32 PM Read more >

To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Marty Plaskett upgraded his farming equipment and spent $60,000 on new sprinklers to conserve water, even before the rural Nevada valley where he farms alfalfa began more strictly managing groundwater.

Mar 31, 2023 5:25 PM Read more >

Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by tornado

ROLLING FORK, Miss.

Mar 31, 2023 3:42 PM Read more >

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Mar 31, 2023 2:51 PM Read more >

Climate protesters who stormed British Grand Prix avoid jail

LONDON (AP) — Six climate change activists who stormed the track at last year’s British Grand Prix Formula 1 race in one of a series of disruptive protests against fossil fuels were spared prison sentences Friday.

Mar 31, 2023 1:27 PM Read more >

Report by feds, anglers cites offshore wind impacts on fish

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

Mar 31, 2023 1:01 PM Read more >

Officials say arson behind most wildfires in northern Spain

MADRID (AP) — Officials in the small northern Spanish region of Asturias claimed Friday that unspecified arsonists were behind most of the 100 or so wildfires raging in the heavily wooded and mountainous area.

Mar 31, 2023 9:42 AM Read more >