Environment

Climate Change Threatens Alaska Census Count

1:25am February 10, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

Rising temperatures are forcing some Alaska Native villages to consider relocating to higher ground. Climate change is also complicating an accurate count for the 2020 census more complicated.

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Tourism Worries And Few Takers As More Utah Land Offered For Drilling, Mining

8:01am February 09, 2020

by Nate Hegyi

The Trump administration opened lands within the former bounds of two Obama-designated National Monuments for resource extraction, but with low demand and high costs, industry is staying away for now.

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Penguins gather near a Chilean research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, not far from the Argentine station that reported the record high temperature Thursday. World meteorological experts still need to verify the record, but it does fit with a broader

It Was 65 Degrees In Antarctica This Week

6:34pm February 07, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The preliminary finding, reported by Argentine researchers on the Antarctic Peninsula, would be the continent's hottest temperature on record if verified by the World Meteorological Organization.

People commute to work through heavy rain in Sydney on Friday. Severe weather brought warnings of floods and landslides along much of the New South Wales coast after months of concerns over wildfires.

Australia's East Gets Drenched By Rain, And Flood Warnings Replace Fire Alerts

12:57pm February 07, 2020

by Bill Chappell

A deluge is falling on Australia's southeast coast — and while it's quashing stubborn fires, the water is also causing flash floods and other hazards.

Electric vans charge at a warehouse of the German postal and logistics service Deutsche Post near Frankfurt in July 2018. Fleet vehicles are increasingly going electric in Europe and China, and some analysts say American fleets will be following suit.

Environment

From Delivery Trucks To Scooter-Moving Vans, Fleets Are Going Electric

10:04am February 07, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Lime is all about electric vehicles — battery-powered scooters, that is. But now the company is also going to use plug-in vans for behind-the-scenes operations. And it's far from alone.

Feds May Open Utah National Monuments For Mining And Drilling

9:45am February 07, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

The Trump administration announced management plans for public lands in Utah that were formerly part of national monuments declared by President Obama. Critics worry it means more drilling and mining.

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The two bluffs that inspired the name of the Bears Ears National Monument, seen at sunset outside Blanding, Utah. On Thursday, more than two years after the Trump administration announced plans to shrink the monument and others, federal managers have fina

Trump Administration Finalizes Plans To Allow Development On Downsized Monuments

9:25pm February 06, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality.

Bumblebees, like this Hunt's bumblebee in Colorado, are vanishing because of extreme temperatures and habitat loss.

Bumblebees Are Disappearing Because Of Extreme Heat

3:16pm February 06, 2020

by Lauren Sommer

New research shows that climate change and habitat loss are causing widespread decline among bumblebees in North America and Europe — and putting ecosystems that depend on these pollinators at risk.

Chopped and frozen samples of damaged soybean plants are kept in storage at the Office of the Indiana State Chemist. Many contain residues of the herbicide dicamba.

Pesticide Police, Overwhelmed By Dicamba Complaints, Ask EPA For Help

11:52am February 06, 2020

by Dan Charles

Across the Midwest, millions of acres of farmland have been damaged by dicamba, an herbicide that can harm crops not engineered to withstand it. There are so many cases, regulators can't keep up.

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The expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline has seen significant opposition, such as this camp set up by demonstrators in Vancouver, Canada, in 2018.

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Canadian Court Clears The Way For Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

4:46pm February 05, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

The court said the government has adequately consulted with indigenous groups about the pipeline expansion. First Nations have said that they remain concerned about the project's environmental impact.