California oil regulators delay health, safety rules again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s been a year and a half since California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed oil regulators to consider new health and safety measures to protect people living near oil and gas drilling...
View ArticleMexico’s Caribbean coast hit by heavy seaweed, more expected
MEXICO CITY — Environmentalists and tourism operators on Mexico’s Caribbean coast are complaining about mounds of foul-smelling sargassum — a seaweed-like algae — that are piling up on beaches and...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists sue over Florida wastewater reservoir leak
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Efforts to clean up a leaky reservoir that dumped tens of millions of gallons of potentially hazardous gypsum wastewater into Tampa Bay must be overseen by a federal judge to...
View ArticleBiden administration passes up chance to block oil pipeline
MINNEAPOLIS — The Biden administration signaled in a court filing this week that it does not plan to cancel federal permits for Enbridge’s Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project, despite pleas by Native...
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes
WASHINGTON — Included in the bipartisan infrastructure deal reached with President Joe Biden last week is a plan to eliminate the country’s remaining lead pipes and service lines, which for decades...
View ArticleUnder presssure, company cancels Tennessee pipeline
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Environmentalists and activists claimed victory Saturday after a company canceled plans to build an oil pipeline through southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi, and over an aquifer...
View ArticleMastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender. After a three-month trial,...
View ArticleNew infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some...
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Local grandma spearheads effort to get all students supplies
A southside grandmother has been stocking up on supplies for students and teachers at a Franklin elementary school, and now she is hoping to spark others to give back in the same way and spread the...
View ArticleLawsuit says Alabama blocking solar power with unfair fees
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The fees imposed by the Alabama Power company on customers who generate their own electricity with rooftop or on-site solar panels are now the subject of a federal lawsuit against...
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