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Eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano stops after 61 days

Eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano stops after 61 days

HONOLULU (AP) — The latest eruption at Kilauea’s summit on Hawaii's has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. U.S.
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Alberta Energy Regulator may have ignored law by not disclosing oilsands leak: lawyer

Alberta Energy Regulator may have ignored law by not disclosing oilsands leak: lawyer

CALGARY — Alberta's energy regulator may have ignored provincial law by not publicly disclosing that waste from a large oilsands tailings pond was escaping containment and seeping into groundwater, says a lawyer.
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Regulator issues guidelines to protect financial institutions from climate risks

Regulator issues guidelines to protect financial institutions from climate risks

Canada's bank regulator has issued a framework to guide banks and insurance companies in protecting themselves against climate-related risks.
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Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit

Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southeastern African nation of Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-living Tropical Cyclone Freddy late on Friday night, a regional weather center said
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Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success

Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica went from having one of the world's highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism, luring world travelers with the possibility of moving between marine reserves and cloud forest in
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Ontario maple syrup producers hit by climate change, some urge carbon reductions

Ontario maple syrup producers hit by climate change, some urge carbon reductions

Increasingly unpredictable winter temperatures have Ontario maple syrup producers concerned about how climate change will affect the industry's future, with some pushing for environmentally friendly practices to reduce the sector's carbon footprint.
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Hawaii cites man for harassing humpback whale, dolphins

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials on Monday cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.
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Californians still digging out from severe snowfall

Californians still digging out from severe snowfall

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Residents of Southern California mountain towns have continued to struggle to dig out and get necessities in the aftermath of a record-setting blizzard last month that dumped so much snow that roads became impassable and roofs coll
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Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time

Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time

ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Monday, a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in decades in th
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Tribes bury Southern California's famed mountain lion, P-22

Tribes bury Southern California's famed mountain lion, P-22

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates buried Southern California's most famous mountain lion Saturday in the mountains where the big cat once roamed.
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