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Report highlights how communities hardest hit by climate change can build resilient water systems

Report highlights how communities hardest hit by climate change can build resilient water systems

Malynndra Tome was helping to map livestock ponds in the Navajo Nation when she saw something that inspired her to act.
China's BYD launches EV charging system it says works nearly as fast as a fill up

China's BYD launches EV charging system it says works nearly as fast as a fill up

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s energy and auto giant BYD has announced an ultra fast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps.
America's ports have labored to clean up pollution. Will that continue?

America's ports have labored to clean up pollution. Will that continue?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S.
Strange foam and dead fish wash ashore at 2 Australian beaches as surfers fall sick

Strange foam and dead fish wash ashore at 2 Australian beaches as surfers fall sick

A microalgal bloom was suspected to have sickened humans and marine life as well as creating the foam that has covered hundreds of metres of coastline.
Boat tours and ash scatterings help beleaguered California salmon fleet stay afloat

Boat tours and ash scatterings help beleaguered California salmon fleet stay afloat

William Smith has long fished the California coast for salmon, taking avid anglers out on his boat in hopes they'll get to wrestle with and reel in the prized catch. But not anymore. Smith, known as “Capt.
Rainy, warm weather leads to flooding, school closures in parts of Quebec

Rainy, warm weather leads to flooding, school closures in parts of Quebec

MONTREAL — Rain and record warm weather sent several southern Quebec rivers spilling over their banks on Monday, forcing residents from their homes and leading officials to close roads and cancel classes. Municipal officials in Drummondville, Que.
Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest

Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest

PLANTERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Kim Atchison was hunkered down in her grandmother's storm shelter with her 5-year-old grandson Saturday night in their tiny Alabama hometown of Plantersville when her husband and son raced in.
Pipeline company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace goes to a North Dakota jury

Pipeline company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace goes to a North Dakota jury

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Greenpeace used malicious and deceptive tactics to disrupt the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and keep it from going forward, an attorney for the company behind the project said Monday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy.
What to know about the deadly storm system that socked the US

What to know about the deadly storm system that socked the US

At least 42 people are dead after a weekend of dynamic storms unleashed tornadoes, blinding dust and wildfires — leaving behind uprooted trees and flattening hundreds of homes and businesses across eight U.S. states in the South and Midwest.