MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) 鈥 A system of nets intended to catch boulders and other debris during rainstorms in a California hillside community devastated by mudslides five years ago has been removed over a funding dispute.The nonprofit Project for Resilient Communities installed the ring nets ...
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) 鈥 The 13 largest U.S. tire manufacturers are facing a lawsuit from a pair of California commercial fishing organizations that could force the companies to stop using a chemical <a ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥 A Minnesota iron foundry has been violating air emissions laws for at least five years, but the state agency responsible for enforcing air permits didn't take action against the company, the <a ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 8, 2023--Conservation X Labs (鈥淐XL鈥) announced today that it was named a winner of the 2023 Conservation Technology Award by EarthRanger, a leading protected area management software from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2). The award recognizes ...
GREEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) 鈥 Voters in a Michigan community removed five local officials in a recall election fueled by opposition to a Chinese company's plan to make components for electric vehicle batteries.The Green Township supervisor, clerk, treasurer and two trustees 鈥 all Republicans ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥 When Hurricane Irma slammed into the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda as a Category 5 storm in 2017, the government temporarily evacuated the entire population of some 1,600.Even before many people returned, U.S. developers were allowed in and given permission to ...