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Powered by wind, this $10B transmission line will carry more energy than the Hoover Dam

Powered by wind, this $10B transmission line will carry more energy than the Hoover Dam

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An energy infrastructure project bigger than the Hoover Dam is how Hunter Armistead describes the $10 billion venture his company will be overseeing during the next three years.
No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia

No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla.
Hong Kong, other parts of south China grind to near standstill as powerful Typhoon Saola passes

Hong Kong, other parts of south China grind to near standstill as powerful Typhoon Saola passes

HONG KONG (AP) — Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China ground to a near standstill Friday with classes and flights canceled as powerful Typhoon Saola passed along the coast.
Traffickers plead guilty to smuggling over $10,000 in endangered sea cucumbers

Traffickers plead guilty to smuggling over $10,000 in endangered sea cucumbers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife traffickers pleaded guilty this week in federal court in California to illegally importing endangered sea cucumbers — which are prized in China for food and medicine and as a reputed aphrodisiac — from Mexico.
After Maui's wildfires, thousands brace for long process of restoring safe water service

After Maui's wildfires, thousands brace for long process of restoring safe water service

Maggie T. Sutrov showered, drank treated tap water and watered her garden before she learned that she shouldn't be using the water in her home on Maui after wildfires devastated the island .
Biden wants an extra $4 billion for disaster relief, bringing the total request to $16 billion

Biden wants an extra $4 billion for disaster relief, bringing the total request to $16 billion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will seek an additional $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request, bringing the total to $16 billion — a sign that wildfires, flooding and hurricanes that have intensified du
Greece: Firefighters rescue 25 migrants trapped in forest as massive wildfire approached

Greece: Firefighters rescue 25 migrants trapped in forest as massive wildfire approached

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek firefighters rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in northeastern Greece Friday as flames from a massive wildfire burning for two weeks approached, authorities said.
In Mississippi, a tiny fish is reintroduced to the river where it disappeared 50 years ago

In Mississippi, a tiny fish is reintroduced to the river where it disappeared 50 years ago

PINOLA, Miss. (AP) — A species of tiny fish that once flourished in a river running hundreds of miles from central Mississippi into southeastern Louisiana is being reintroduced to the Pearl River after disappearing 50 years ago.
Swiss glacier watcher warns recent heat wave threatens severe melt again this year after record 2022

Swiss glacier watcher warns recent heat wave threatens severe melt again this year after record 2022

GENEVA (AP) — A top glacier watcher has warned that a warm early summer combined with a heat wave last week may have caused severe glacier melt in Switzerland, threatening to make 2023 its second-worst year for ice loss after a record thaw last year.
In final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee

In final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee

ATLANTA (AP) — In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast lurking off the state’s west coast, and the forecast called for it to continue intensifying up until landfall.