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After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung

After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust.
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Parts of Nova Scotia seeing heavy rain after last month's storm flooding

Parts of Nova Scotia seeing heavy rain after last month's storm flooding

HALIFAX — Parts of Nova Scotia were soaked with heavy rain that caused localized flooding on Saturday just two weeks after a torrential downpour triggered floods that swept four people to their deaths and washed out several roads and bridges.
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South Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early

South Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is plowing ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, rejecting a call by the world scouting body to cut the event short as a punishing heat wave caused thousands of British scouts to begin leaving the coastal campsite
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Slovenia has suffered its worst-ever floods. Damage could top 500 million euros, its leader says

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia has faced the worst-ever natural disaster in its history, Prime Minister Robert Golob said Saturday, after devastating floods caused damage estimated at half a billion euros ($550 million).
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'Something's changed': Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say

'Something's changed': Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say

Earlier this summer, two Canadians walked into a party in rural Germany. "Canadians?" joked the host. "I thought you'd smell more like smoke." It's been that kind of season.
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Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A beloved bookstore in Vermont's small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992.
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Calls to make swimming lessons more available in Quebec after deadly year on water

Calls to make swimming lessons more available in Quebec after deadly year on water

MONTREAL — A charity that advocates for water safety is calling on the Quebec government to offer swimming lessons more widely — especially to recent immigrants — as drownings in the province are up 30 per cent over the same period last year.
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Heat and wildfires put southern Europe's vital tourism earnings at risk

Heat and wildfires put southern Europe's vital tourism earnings at risk

RHODES, Greece (AP) — Tourists at a seaside hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes snatched up pails of pool water and damp towels as flames approached, rushing to help staffers and locals extinguish one of the wildfires threatening Mediterranean locale
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Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus

Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world scouting body urged South Korea to cut short the World Scout Jamboree as thousands of British scouts began leaving the coastal campsite Saturday because of a punishing heat wave.
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Climate protesters interrupted a tennis match in DC. Taylor Fritz found the whole thing 'annoying'

Climate protesters interrupted a tennis match in DC. Taylor Fritz found the whole thing 'annoying'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taylor Fritz found the whole thing “annoying” when climate protesters briefly interrupted his match against Andy Murray at the DC Open tennis tournament on Friday.
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