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Spanish PM, EU slam irrigation plan for drought-hit wetlands

Spanish PM, EU slam irrigation plan for drought-hit wetlands

MADRID (AP) 鈥 Spain鈥檚 Prime Minister and the European Union鈥檚 environmental chief on Thursday slammed a plan by right-wing lawmakers to expand water rights for farmland around some of Europe's most important wetlands amid a prolonged drought .
US invests in alternative solar tech, more solar for renters

US invests in alternative solar tech, more solar for renters

The Biden administration announced more than $80 million in funding Thursday in a push to produce more solar panels in the U.S.
Dutch salvage team set to pump oil off rusting Yemen tanker

Dutch salvage team set to pump oil off rusting Yemen tanker

AMSTERDAM (AP) 鈥 A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen in a move hailed as a 鈥渃ritical milestone鈥 in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster
Study: Climate change causing more 'heat stress' in Europe

Study: Climate change causing more 'heat stress' in Europe

BERLIN (AP) 鈥 Europeans, particularly in the south of the continent, are being subjected to more heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather, a study published Thursday shows.
India's population will pass China's soon, but when exactly?

India's population will pass China's soon, but when exactly?

India should surpass China鈥檚 population midway through this year, according to the latest projection from the United Nations. That鈥檚 of course unless it鈥檚 happened already 鈥 or happens later in the year.
Hawaii cites 2 for feeding feral cats, harming native geese

Hawaii cites 2 for feeding feral cats, harming native geese

HONOLULU (AP) 鈥 State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming nene 鈥 an endangered species of geese native to Hawaii 鈥 by feeding feral cats in a Big Island shopping center parking lot.
Spain's S谩nchez warns drought now a major national concern

Spain's S谩nchez warns drought now a major national concern

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) 鈥 Spain鈥檚 prime minister warned lawmakers Wednesday that the acute drought afflicting the southern European country has become one of its leading long-term concerns.
Alberta's United Conservative Party government releases 'aspirational' climate plan

Alberta's United Conservative Party government releases 'aspirational' climate plan

EDMONTON 鈥 Alberta's United Conservative Party government released a climate plan Wednesday that it hopes will take the province to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 but offers few details, targets or new measures on how it would get there.
Cost of carbon emissions nearly five times higher than previously thought: analysis

Cost of carbon emissions nearly five times higher than previously thought: analysis

OTTAWA 鈥 The economic cost of greenhouse gas emissions is nearly five times higher than previously thought, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday.
Judge dismisses youth climate lawsuit over Ontario's greenhouse gas targets

Judge dismisses youth climate lawsuit over Ontario's greenhouse gas targets

TORONTO 鈥 The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge from seven youth activists who argued the province is discriminating against young people by setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets dangerously low, putting the
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