Could trawler cams help save world’s dwindling fish stocks?
By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For years, Mark Hager’s job as an observer aboard New England fishing boats made him a…
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Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Scientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world, recover from catastrophic…
Plea hearing scheduled in ‘Gasland’ drilling pollution case
MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — A plea hearing has been scheduled for next week in the long-running case of a natural gas driller facing felony charges over allegations it polluted the…
Mississippi capital to hire emergency water plant workers
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JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Local officials in Mississippi's capital city, where a late summer water crisis upended life for 150,00 people, have approved an…
California sues over ‘forever chemicals’ that taint water
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit filed Thursday by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused…
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Maureen Lichtveld, University of Pittsburgh(THE…
CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base
By MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and JASON DEAREN - Associated Press
Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether…
US military to begin draining Pearl Harbor pipelines
By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday it's ready to begin draining 1 gallons…
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was…
EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MATTHEW DALY and AARON MORRISON - Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday…