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California utility creates compensation program for victims of January's deadly Eaton Fire near LA

California utility creates compensation program for victims of January's deadly Eaton Fire near LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison announced this week that it will create a program to compensate victims of January’s devastating Eaton Fire near Los Angeles, even as the cause of the blaze that killed 19 people remains under investigati
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US and Mexico sign accord to combat Tijuana River sewage flowing across the border

US and Mexico sign accord to combat Tijuana River sewage flowing across the border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps and a new timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and polluting California beaches, officials
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Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US

Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it .
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Cyprus gets help from other countries to battle huge wildfire that has killed 2

Cyprus gets help from other countries to battle huge wildfire that has killed 2

SOUNI, Cyprus (AP) — Aircraft from Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people.
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The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the weed killer dicamba for genetically engineered soybeans and cotton, two crops that are grown extensively in the United States.
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Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt insists science and immersive media can inspire action for the planet

Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt insists science and immersive media can inspire action for the planet

NEW YORK (AP) — Technology drove the personal wealth behind many philanthropists atop the list of last year's biggest American donors .
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No set deadline for company's cleanup plan for shuttered Nova Scotia mill: minister

No set deadline for company's cleanup plan for shuttered Nova Scotia mill: minister

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s environment minister said Thursday there is no set deadline for Northern Pulp to submit a cleanup plan for its shuttered mill site near Pictou, N.S.
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Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury , exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most destructive criminal economies: illicit gold mining.
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Takeaways from AP's report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks

Takeaways from AP's report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks

More than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed to assure Americans of safe water, millions of people living in mobile home parks can't always count on those basic protections.
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Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay $1 billion in marine pollution compensation

Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay $1 billion in marine pollution compensation

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s top court on Thursday ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank near its capital to pay $1 billion in compensation to the island nation’s government for causing the most severe marine env
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