Environment

A tank of water sits outside Milbourne's home.

Sell Or Stay? Australia's Fire Zone Experiment

11:33am February 25, 2020

After deadly 2009 wildfires, authorities offered to buy property to encourage people to move. Few accepted. The questions raised by Australia's experience are freshly urgent after its latest fires.

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Supreme Court May Lift Barrier To Atlantic Pipeline

7:20am February 25, 2020

by Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to remove an obstacle to construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Porpoises On The Brink Of Extinction Face Daunting Odds For Survival

7:31am February 22, 2020

by Ariana Brocious

Efforts to save the few surviving vaquita porpoises in the Gulf of California are being hampered by illegal fishing nets, poaching and drug cartels.

Satellite images show the effects of a prolonged warm spell on Eagle Island, in the far north of the Antarctic Peninsula, NASA says. An inch of snowpack melted in just one day, the agency says. The blue areas in snow on the right are ponds of melted water

'Antarctica Melts,' NASA Says, Showing Effects Of A Record Warm Spell

6:59pm February 21, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Taken just nine days apart, two images illustrate the impact a recent warm period had on the Antarctic Peninsula. NASA says such warmth "has become more common in recent years."

Desert locusts jump up from the ground and fly away as a cameraman walks past earlier this month in Kenya's Nasuulu conservancy.

Why Are Swarms Of Locusts Wreaking Havoc In East Africa?

4:42pm February 21, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

Clouds of the insects can stretch for miles, devouring vegetation and destroying crops. Locust experts say time is running out to get the swarms under control because they multiply so quickly.

Andrew Downs, senior regional director for the southern region of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, stands at the approximate spot where the pipeline would cross underground.

Environment

Supreme Court Pipeline Fight Could Disrupt How The Appalachian Trail Is Run

4:26pm February 21, 2020

by Becky Sullivan

The Appalachian Trail is at the center of a legal case before the Supreme Court on Monday involving a proposed gas pipeline. Trail officials say it has become a football between the case's two sides.

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How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything

6:00pm February 18, 2020

Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.

Lack Of Snow In French Alps Is Affecting Lower Altitude Ski Resorts

4:05pm February 18, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

A lack of snow in the Alps is causing headaches for French ski resorts. Some lower altitude resorts have shut runs or even closed permanently. Others are resorting to unusual methods to bring in snow.

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Monday he would spend $10 billion of his own fortune to launch a global initiative to fight climate change. He is photographed here in front of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in October.

Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change, Planet's 'Biggest Threat'

5:30pm February 17, 2020

by Amy Held

Amazon, the company Bezos founded and heads, has come under increasing scrutiny for its own carbon footprint.

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Bayer And BASF Ordered To Pay Missouri Farmer Over $250 Million In Herbicide Case

5:26pm February 17, 2020

by Dan Charles

A jury ordered two big agricultural companies to pay a peach farmer in Missouri $265 million in damages. At issue is an herbicide that is known to drift from where it's sprayed.

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