California expands electric school bus fleet as federal freeze paused other efforts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road as ...
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Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change
PENN YAN, N.Y. -- A decade ago, Scott Osborn would have eagerly told prospective vineyard owners looking to join the ...
Read moreDetails15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall, restoration is incomplete
NEW ORLEANS -- Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending ...
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Everglades restoration would protect Florida Keys while scientists watch for drought
ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than ...
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New gear could keep California crab fishermen on the water longer, and whales safe
After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are ...
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Inspections of affected barrels will take time as flood cleanup progresses at Kentucky distillery
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since floodwaters that inundated the ...
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Schools lined up for help getting cleaner school buses. Then came the EPA freeze
BOSTON -- Looking to cut pollution from its fleet of diesel-burning school buses, an Oklahoma school district last year doubled ...
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Trump nominee withdraws after her criticism of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack surfaces
BILLINGS, Mont. -- President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has ...
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Kentucky watches for surging rivers to recede so widespread cleanup can begin
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- After days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky, residents closely monitored waterways ...
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Swollen rivers flood towns in US South after dayslong deluge of rain
FRANKFORT, Kentucky -- Days of unrelenting heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people worsened flooding as some ...
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