Environment

FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File) WX104 WX104

September 12, 2019 at 9:06 am

House votes to bar Arctic drilling; Senate action unlikely

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Thursday voted to reinstate a decades-long ban on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, right, signs a document in front of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James to revoke the Waters of the United States rule, an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) DCPS119 DCPS119

September 12, 2019 at 7:48 am

Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule VIEW

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was...

September 12, 2019 at 5:00 am

AP-NORC poll: 64% disapprove of Trump’s climate change views

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gets some of his worst marks from the American people when it comes to his handling of climate change,...

In this Thursday Aug. 15, 2019 photo, dairy farmer Fred Stone pauses while working in the milking room at his farm in Arundel, Maine. Fred Stone and his wife Laura, whose dairy farm is contaminated by toxic chemicals known collectively as PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals,” have high PFAS levels in their blood. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) MERB201 MERB201

September 11, 2019 at 9:07 pm

Concerns grow over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands VIEW

LAPEER, Mich. (AP) — For more than 20 years, the eastern Michigan town of Lapeer sent leftover sludge from its sewage treatment plant to area...

September 11, 2019 at 9:02 pm

Administration plans to return nation to 1986 standards on water pollution

On Thursday, the Trump administration plans to scrap the Obama-era definition of what qualifies as "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act,...

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September 11, 2019 at 1:12 pm

Fires more numerous in Brazil’s Cerrado region than Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fires are now more numerous in Brazil's Cerrado region, a vast tropical savanna, than in the Amazon rainforest, data published...

September 11, 2019 at 12:55 pm

Public health advisory issued for water at 3 Oregon beaches

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — Health officials have issued a public health advisory because of higher-than-normal bacteria levels found off three Oregon coast beaches near Newport....

A raised home owned by Benoit Guerette, who says he now regrets staying in Gatineau, Quebec, July 30, 2019. As the costs of climate change mount, Canada has begun forcing flooded homeowners to move, prompting clashes over what counts as fair. (Alexi Hobbs/The New York Times)
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September 10, 2019 at 1:23 pm

Canada tries a forceful message for flood victims: Live someplace else VIEW

Unlike the U.S., which will repeatedly help pay for people to rebuild in place, Canada has responded to the escalating costs of climate change by...

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Emily Cunningham, left, who works as a user experience designer at Amazon.com, speaks as Kathryn Dellinger, right, who also works for Amazon, looks on, during a news conference following Amazon’s annual shareholders meeting, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Seattle. Both women are part of the group “Amazon Employees for Climate Justice.” (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

September 9, 2019 at 10:08 am

Amazon employees step up pressure on climate issues, plan walkout Sept. 20

The action is planned in support of a student strike aimed at pressuring Seattle companies to reduce their carbon footprints. Amazon is expected to disclose...

Lightning strikes behind Husky Stadium during an extreme weather delay during Washington’s Pac-12 opener against Cal on Sept. 7, 2019.

September 8, 2019 at 12:36 pm

Saturday’s electrifying thunderstorms were highly unusual — and not likely to repeat any time soon

For a place that doesn’t normally get thunderstorms, Western Washington put on an impressive sky show Saturday evening — a feat meteorologists say is not...