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Vietnam sentences climate activist to 3 years in prison for tax evasion

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) 鈥� A Vietnamese climate activist was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison on charges of tax fraud, state media reported.
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As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say

As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say

GENEVA (AP) 鈥� A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter.
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M.S. Swaminathan, who helped India's farming to grow at industrial scale, dies at 98

M.S. Swaminathan, who helped India's farming to grow at industrial scale, dies at 98

NEW DELHI (AP) 鈥� Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, a renowned agricultural scientist who revolutionized India鈥檚 farming and was a key architect of the country鈥檚 鈥淕reen Revolution鈥� died Thursday. He was 98.
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Poll suggests two-thirds of Albertans oppose pause on renewable energy approvals

Poll suggests two-thirds of Albertans oppose pause on renewable energy approvals

EDMONTON 鈥� A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects.
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Long a city that embraced cars, Paris is seeing a new kind of road rage: Bike-lane traffic jams

Long a city that embraced cars, Paris is seeing a new kind of road rage: Bike-lane traffic jams

PARIS (AP) 鈥� Ring, ring! It's rush hour on Paris' S茅bastopol Boulevard, and the congestion is severe 鈥� not just gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, horn-honking snarls but also quieter and greener bottlenecks of cyclists jockeying for space.
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Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war

Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war

How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable? This question is playing out in households around the world as they face shortages of essential foods like rice, cooking oil and onions.
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ExxonMobil loses bid to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California

ExxonMobil loses bid to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
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Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release

Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release

EDMONTON 鈥� A third-party report into the release of millions of litres of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine has found Alberta's energy regulator followed its rules in keeping the public and area First Nations informed 鈥� but concludes t
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Hajdu says 'co-developed' First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall

Hajdu says 'co-developed' First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall

OTTAWA 鈥� Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the federal government has come to co-developing law with First Nations.
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Biden vetoes two Republican-led bills to undo protections for prairie chicken and northern bat

Biden vetoes two Republican-led bills to undo protections for prairie chicken and northern bat

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Joe Biden has vetoed Republican-sponsored bills to undo federal protections for two endangered species that have seen their populations plummet over the years: the lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat .
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