Los Angeles County sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over plastic bottles
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution.In a lawsuit...
Climate and environment
Asia needs to spend much more to adapt to climate change and limit its damage, bank study says
BANGKOK -- Countries in Asia will suffer worse damage from the climate crisis than other regions and are falling far...
Spain’s horrific flooding another nasty hit in a fall where climate extremes just keep coming
Even for an era of more extreme weather, this autumn has seemingly shifted into yet another gear, especially in a...
Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica’s booming krill fishery
MIAMI -- Two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge nets used to collect...
Massachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512M for transmission line for Canadian hydropower
PORTLAND, Maine -- Three Massachusetts utilities and Central Maine Power’s parent company have agreed that Massachusetts ratepayers must shoulder $512...
Offshore wind industry says ‘misinformation’ from foes is a strong headwind it must fight
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread...
Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US
A bone-dry October is pushing nearly half of the United States into a flash drought, leading to fires in the...
Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil's environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for...
Florida works to bring back tourism to its Gulf Coast following hurricanes Helene and Milton
Tourism officials on Florida’s Gulf Coast say one of the ways concerned people can help the area recover is to...
Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Jeremy Ford hates wasting water.As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida,...
