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Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall

Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall

MANDVI, India (AP) — The coastal regions of India and Pakistan were on high alert Wednesday with tens of thousands of people being evacuated a day ahead of a cyclone's expected landfall.
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Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf's recovery

Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf's recovery

PHOENIX (AP) — A female Mexican gray wolf that a group of schoolchildren nicknamed Asha has been returned to the wilds of Arizona after she was found wandering in northern New Mexico outside of a zone set up for the recovery of her subspecies, the U.
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Oregon jury: PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for fires, plus award that could reach billions

Oregon jury: PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for fires, plus award that could reach billions

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 — on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars.
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Energy secretary Granholm says she failed to reveal stock holdings; GOP calls for investigation

Energy secretary Granholm says she failed to reveal stock holdings; GOP calls for investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the Senate Energy panel is calling for an investigation of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, after she told the committee she mistakenly provided false information about her family's stock holdings in testimo
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Roger Payne, who found out that whales could sing, dies at 88

Roger Payne, who found out that whales could sing, dies at 88

Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales could sing, has died. He was 88.
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Stove wars: Republican-controlled House approves bills to protect gas stoves

Stove wars: Republican-controlled House approves bills to protect gas stoves

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venturing back into the nation's culture wars, the Republican-controlled House has approved legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators.
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New changes to Canadian Environmental Protection Act just a start: minister

New changes to Canadian Environmental Protection Act just a start: minister

OTTAWA — The Canadian Environmental Protection Act has been updated for the first time in more than 20 years, and the environment minister says that's just a start.
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Germany says climate measures will narrow but not fully close the country's emissions gap by 2030

Germany says climate measures will narrow but not fully close the country's emissions gap by 2030

BERLIN (AP) — An array of climate measures being introduced by Germany's government will bring the country closer but not all the way toward meeting its national goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, officials said Wednesday.
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Wolves that nearly died out from inbreeding recovered, now helping a remote island’s ecosystem

Wolves that nearly died out from inbreeding recovered, now helping a remote island’s ecosystem

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday.
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Not enough rain to douse northern Quebec wildfires, temperatures expected to rise

Not enough rain to douse northern Quebec wildfires, temperatures expected to rise

MONTREAL — A northwestern Quebec municipality with an intense wildfire on its doorstep did not get the rain it had hoped for this week, preventing a shift in the fight that could allow residents to return, officials said Wednesday.
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