Bali’s water crisis threatens local culture, UNESCO sites
[ad_1] JATILUWIH, Indonesia (AP) — Far from Bali’s beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the […]
Coal-fired plant imploded in New Jersey for battery array
[ad_1] LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A former coal-fired power plant in New Jersey was imploded Friday, and its owners announced plans for a new $1 billion venture on the […]
Massive US storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat
[ad_1] DALLAS (AP) — A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes that wrecked homes and injured a handful of people in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the […]
Historic biodiversity pact inspires, but past failures loom
[ad_1] MONTREAL (AP) — A day after negotiators reached a landmark biodiversity agreement, the pressure was already growing on countries, business leaders and the environmental community to deliver on its […]
Deaths of 3 endangered Cambodian dolphins raise alarm
[ad_1] PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Three endangered freshwater dolphins have died within 10 days of each other, alarming conservationists in Cambodia. The death of a third healthy dolphin in […]
Hawaii eruption brings tourism boon during slow season
[ad_1] HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The spectacle of incandescent lava spewing from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has drawn thousands of visitors and is turning into a tourism boon for this Big […]
US storm brings tornadoes, blizzard-like conditions; 2 dead
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A destructive storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes that killed a young boy and his mother in Louisiana, smashed mobile homes and chicken houses […]
Royals tour US green tech incubator, meet at-risk youth
[ad_1] BOSTON (AP) — The Prince and Princess of Wales on Thursday heard about solar-powered autonomous boats and low-carbon cement at a green technology startup incubator in suburban Boston before […]
Satellite launched to map the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers
[ad_1] A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space […]
California quake occurred in very seismically active region
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — The big earthquake that rocked the far north coast of California on Tuesday originated in an area under the Pacific Ocean where multiple tectonic plates […]
