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Montreal police called in to investigate motor oil spills in St. Lawrence River

Montreal police called in to investigate motor oil spills in St. Lawrence River

MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating how hundreds of litres of motor oil leaked into the St. Lawrence River in the city's east end.
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How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism

How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism

ATCHISON, Kansas (AP) — Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City. Nestled amid rolling farmland, the Benedictine sisters of Mount St.
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Democrats trust Harris slightly more than Biden on climate change, an AP-NORC poll finds

Democrats trust Harris slightly more than Biden on climate change, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Democratic National Convention approaches, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Democrats have slightly higher trust in Vice President Kamala Harris' ability to address the issue
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Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says

Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking the air with smoke, Maria Salinas harvested grapes.
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Hurricane Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico as it strengthens heading toward Bermuda

Hurricane Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico as it strengthens heading toward Bermuda

TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and knocked out power for nearly half of all customers in the U.S. territory Wednesday as it threatened to strengthen into a major hurricane en route to Bermuda.
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Climate activists protest at several German airports in the latest of a string of demonstrations

Climate activists protest at several German airports in the latest of a string of demonstrations

BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists staged protests at several German airports on Thursday, forcing a temporary halt to flights at some of them in the latest of a string of similar demonstrations.
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Spain is investigating unauthorized Katy Perry music video in a protected natural area

Spain is investigating unauthorized Katy Perry music video in a protected natural area

MADRID (AP) — In her new music video, Katy Perry pretends to be one of the thousands of tourists having the time of their lives on Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean.
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Survey shows disaster-prone Southeast Asia is also best prepared, suggesting lessons can be learned

Survey shows disaster-prone Southeast Asia is also best prepared, suggesting lessons can be learned

BANGKOK (AP) — Southeast Asia is among the regions most prone to natural disasters, but a new analysis released Thursday shows its people also feel the best equipped to deal with them.
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Wildfire that gutted scores of homes near Athens burned an area nearly twice the size of Manhattan

Wildfire that gutted scores of homes near Athens burned an area nearly twice the size of Manhattan

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A European Union satellite mapping agency says 104 square kilometers (40 square miles) of land was burned northeast of Athens this week during a deadly wildfire that gutted scores of homes and prompted multiple countries to send
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Court appoints receiver at Yukon mine after cyanide-contaminated ore slide: minister

Court appoints receiver at Yukon mine after cyanide-contaminated ore slide: minister

WHITEHORSE — A judge has granted an order appointing a receiver to take control of assets at a gold mine closed after a massive slide of cyanide-contaminated ore in June, Yukon's justice minister said.
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