9-year-old boy in Tennessee catches 80-pound lake sturgeon
A nine-year-old child in Tennessee has reeled in an 80-pound fish May 13, 2020, 1:44 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article HENDERSONVILLE,…
Green hydrogen’s time has come, say advocates eying post-pandemic world
LONDON (Reuters) – Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare green investments to kickstart growth, advocates spy a golden chance…
Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone’s throw from Manhattan
One of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant in the New York City area will shut down Thursday night By MARY ESCH Associated Press April 29, 2020,…
Germany: Husband, in-laws charged in woman’s exorcism death
German authorities have charged four people in the death of a young woman who died in an apparent exorcism ritual almost 4 1/2 years ago April 28, 2020, 5:02 PM…
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
A new study finds that much of the western United States is baking in what scientists call an emerging megadrought By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer April 16, 2020, 11:30…
PG&E pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in wildfire
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 Northern California wildfire that killed 84 people and decimated three…
Britain set to isolate over-70s as coronavirus deaths rise to 35
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will isolate older people “within weeks” and force into quarantine anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the government said as it stepped up measures that have so far…
Pipeline owner agrees to pay $60M over 2015 California spill
The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 will pay $60 million to settle allegations that it violated…
Michigan Is Facing An ‘All-Out Assault On Water.’ Will It Swing The State In 2020?
EAST LANSING, Mich. ― “They’re called ‘forever chemicals,’” a narrator intones overdramatic music as a little girl sips from a glass of water. “And once these toxins enter your body,…
Canceled Teck oil sands project underscores global climate-energy policy tension
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Teck Resources Ltd’s surprise decision to cancel a planned C$20.6 billion ($15.6 billion) oil sands mine in northern Alberta, citing uncertainty about Canada’s climate policy, underscores…