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Newsom's green budget has something for everyone — even bees
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid a drought that followed a year of historic wildfires exacerbated by a warming planet, California's governor on Friday proposed spending a record $11 billion on programs to combat climate change, promote clean air, shore up water supplies and prevent wildfires. ...
AP PHOTOS: 'Amazon Venice' scrambles to stay above floods
Anama, BRAZIL (AP) — The rivers have been swelling for weeks in Brazil’s Amazon region, and residents in a town that bills itself as ‘The Venice of Amazonas’ traded motorcycles for canoes and are clambering atop fresh-laid planks inside their homes to stay dry. ...
Widespread flooding reported in northwest Alaska community
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An ice jam has caused widespread flooding in the community of Buckland, in northwest Alaska, officials said Thursday. “Even using hip waders, I can’t leave my house because the water is too deep,” said Nathan Hadley Jr., the vice mayor of...
Editorial Roundup: U.S.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 10 The Washington Post on a school bombing and Afghanistan's future: The horrific bombing of a school for girls in Kabul on Saturday was a grim presage of the...
New Florida law seeks to protect state from sea level rise
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida — one of the most vulnerable places in the world to sea level rise — will spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to protect against coastal flooding under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday. ...
Torrential rains prompt flood watches in the South
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Flood warnings covered parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Tuesday as torrential rains pounded the state. Strong to severe storms were possible Tuesday in much of the southeastern U.S., The National Weather Service said. The storms could...
Federal officials approve Tennessee disaster declaration
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal officials have approved a major disaster declaration for Tennessee's severe weather and flooding in March. The Monday declaration will help 23 counties impacted by the storms that took place on March 27-28, according to the Tennessee...
Flooding from fire-charred area still threatens Flagstaff
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — It's nearly two years since a fire burned nearly 3.1 square miles (8.1 square kilometers) in hills north of Flagstaff but rows of concrete barriers and stacks of sandbags remain in place in neighborhoods along a wash. That's because heavy storm...
8 years after Sandy, $230M Hoboken flood plan gets kickoff
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — More than eight years after Superstorm Sandy pushed the Hudson River over its banks and left Hoboken residents without power or water for days, the New Jersey city officially kicked off a large-scale flood prevention project Thursday that it hopes will be a national...
Controversial mining operation ignoring orders to halt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee gravel and sand mining operator has been ignoring a cease and desist letter for months, and opponents say its continued construction on the banks of North America's most biodiverse river may already be harming wildlife. The Duck River...
