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Heads of 17 Canadian environmental charities collecting major compensation packages

Heads of 17 Canadian environmental charities collecting major compensation packages

MONTREAL — A small group of leaders of Canadian charities in the environment, conservation, and animal protection sectors are taking home compensation packages equivalent to, and in some cases higher than, the salaries of provincial premiers.
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China's BYD is rivaling Tesla in size. Can it also match its global reach?

BEIJING (AP) — A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer. BYD Co., based in the southern China tech hub of Shenzhen, dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc.
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Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit western Europe

Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit western Europe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and
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New Mexico considers setback requirements for oil wells near schools and day care centers

New Mexico considers setback requirements for oil wells near schools and day care centers

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bill to ban oil and gas production within a mile (1.
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New Mexico regulators reject utility's effort to recoup some investments in coal and nuclear plants

New Mexico regulators reject utility's effort to recoup some investments in coal and nuclear plants

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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Canada's clean-tech revolution will be limited without more clean power: Champagne

Canada's clean-tech revolution will be limited without more clean power: Champagne

OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne spent most of last year doling out big bucks for massive new electric-vehicle battery plants as Canada made some major moves to solidify its green industrial strategy.
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Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time

Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time

For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.
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New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters

New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters

SUZU, Japan (AP) — The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in central Japan did not spur massive tsunamis like those that scoured the Pacific coast in 2011, killing nearly 20,000 people and forcing tens of thousands of peop
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Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?

Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy.
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Proposed merger of New Mexico, Connecticut energy companies scuttled; deal valued at more than $4.3B

Proposed merger of New Mexico, Connecticut energy companies scuttled; deal valued at more than $4.3B

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility said Tuesday that a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola has been scuttled.
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