Colorado mining town’s polluted legacy has a potential for profit, but some are wary of the risk
LEADVILLE, Colo. -- Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of...
Climate and environment
A plan to extract gold from mining waste splits a Colorado town with a legacy of pollution
LEADVILLE, Colo. -- Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of...
EPA says Vermont fails to comply with Clean Water Act through inadequate regulation of some farms
Flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state from controlling phosphorus discharges from certain farms, contributing to severe water...
Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame
The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to...
In diesel-dependent East Timor, renewable energy transition remains slow despite government pledges
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one...
Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million Ohio train derailment settlement
Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action...
Ex-employees of Titanic submersible’s owner to testify before Coast Guard panel
PORTLAND, Maine -- Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the...
As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren’t the only ones worried
FRANKFURT, Germany -- FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first...
Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio
In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant...
Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell
BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and ... cotton-candy colored?Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed...
