Environment News

Cougar struck and killed near Minneapolis likely the one seen in home security video, expert says

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A cougar that was struck and killed on an interstate highway in suburban Minneapolis Wednesday was more than likely the same animal captured on home security video sauntering across a driveway earlier this week, a Minnesota wildlif

Dec 6, 2023 11:52 AM Read more >

After a fast start, COP28 climate talks now in murky middle of hope, roadblocks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where mom

Dec 6, 2023 11:28 AM Read more >

Activists say their voices are stifled by increasing rules and restrictions at COP28 climate talks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This year's United Nations climate talks may have seen record numbers registered to attend, but activists who have spent years demonstrating at the annual event say their space to voice their demands is shrinking ye

Dec 6, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

European Union calls for "the beginning of the end" of fossil fuels at COP28 climate talks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This year's climate talks should “mark the beginning of the end” of fossil fuels the European Commissioner for Climate Action said on Wednesday as the United Nations summit wrapped up its first week .

Dec 6, 2023 9:04 AM Read more >

As COP28 talks try to curb warming, study says Earth at risk of hitting irreversible tipping points

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth's natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of 200 scientists said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations'

Dec 6, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

Dutch plans to tackle climate change are in doubt after the election victory of a far-right party

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, told delegates at the COP28 United Nations climate conference his country is “committed to accelerating our efforts” to tackle climate change.

Dec 6, 2023 5:12 AM Read more >

In the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project

KHAVDA, India (AP) — Rising from the bare expanse of the large salt desert that separates India from Pakistan is what will likely be the world's largest renewable energy project when completed three years from now.

Dec 6, 2023 4:28 AM Read more >

Atmospheric river soaks Pacific Northwest with record-breaking rain and unusually warm temperatures

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five people from flooded areas on Tuesday as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest.

Dec 6, 2023 12:52 AM Read more >

November is the sixth straight month to set a heat record, scientists say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For the sixth month in a row, Earth set a new monthly record for heat, and also added the hottest autumn to the litany of record-breaking heat this year, the European climate agency calculated.

Dec 5, 2023 10:59 PM Read more >

Wild salmon conservation group raises concerns about herring kills at B.C. fish farms

VICTORIA — Hundreds of thousands of wild fish have died at British Columbia salmon farms in recent years, with an operator blaming the kills on the "learning curve" associated with new machinery to remove sea lice from stock.

Dec 5, 2023 8:47 PM Read more >