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Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar, representing what a developer and U.S. Sen.

Nov 29, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

US moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges, threatens extinction

BILLINGS, Mont.

Nov 29, 2023 3:38 PM Read more >

Tory motion demanding 'unelected' Senate pass carbon-pricing carve-out bill fails

OTTAWA — A Conservative motion demanding the "unelected Senate" immediately pass a bill exempting more farm fuels from carbon pricing has failed, with the Bloc Québécois saying it could not support what it called a Tory intimidation campaign.

Nov 29, 2023 3:31 PM Read more >

Young activists who won Montana climate case want to stop power plant on Yellowstone River

HELENA, Mont.

Nov 29, 2023 3:03 PM Read more >

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

DETROIT (AP) — Crews have installed what's billed as the nation's first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit.

Nov 29, 2023 2:35 PM Read more >

Chemical firms to pay $110 million to Ohio to settle claims over releases of 'forever chemicals'

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The DuPont Co.

Nov 29, 2023 2:03 PM Read more >

'First of its kind': Dow invests $9 billion on Alberta net-zero petrochemical project

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. — Dow Chemical has announced plans to invest nearly $9 billion in a net-zero petrochemical project northeast of Edmonton.

Nov 29, 2023 1:46 PM Read more >

Lawsuit alleges negligence in train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents from homes

LOUISVILLE, Ky.

Nov 29, 2023 1:46 PM Read more >

Canadian oil and gas execs look to talk up emissions reduction plans at COP28 summit

CALGARY — Executives and senior leaders from Canada's oil and gas sector are heading to Dubai for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks, eager to tell the world they are doing what they can to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Nov 29, 2023 1:07 PM Read more >

Proposed NewRange copper-nickel mine in Minnesota suffers fresh setback on top of years of delays

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota suffered a fresh setback this week when an administrative law judge recommended that state regulators should not reissue a crucial permit for the long-delayed proje

Nov 29, 2023 11:37 AM Read more >