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Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it's nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More common is a scene like this: A candidate for Congress parades a helicopter — the symbol of illegal gold mining — painted with the Brazilian flag,...
Which EVs qualify for new US tax credit? Websites offer help
WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the rollout of a huge new climate, tax and healthcare law, the U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to award new tax credits to electric vehicle purchasers. Several new websites launched Tuesday to help people identify which vehicles qualify...
Unity Software, Turquoise Hill fall; Gilead, Moderna rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Exxon Mobil Corp.. down $1.68 to $92.32. Energy stocks slipped along with falling crude oil prices. Gilead Sciences Inc., up $3.25 to 66.21. The drug...
Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US lands
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump, in an order that marked a major setback to the already struggling coal industry....
Illumina, ResMed fall; Broadridge, Humana rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Illumina Inc., down $19.12 to $208.33. The genetic testing tools company reported disappointing second-quarter financial results. Chevron Corp., up 23 cents to...
Drummond ordered to clean old mine site, pay $3.65 million
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Drummond Co. Inc. must clean up an abandoned site and pay $3.65 million under an agreement approved by a federal judge in a lawsuit over environmental pollution in north Alabama. The settlement, announced in a statement released Thursday by environmental...
Senate climate bill has West Virginia written all over it
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. The package, passed with no Republican votes, could be read largely as an effort to help West Virginia look to the future without turning away entirely...
Landfill odor: Health problems, but no elevated cancer risk
Missouri’s health department on Thursday announced findings of a lengthy examination of the troubled Bridgeton Landfill in suburban St. Louis, determining that the foul odor emitting from the landfill created health problems but did not increase the risk of cancer. The finding of...
Initial dives in collapsed Mexican mine unsuccessful
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescue divers' first attempts to reach 10 miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine since last week were stopped by debris-filled shafts and poor visibility, Mexican authorities said Thursday. They made four attempts Wednesday and managed to remove more than a...
South Africa to charge 14 miners with the rapes of 8 women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African prosecutors have charged seven self-employed miners with the rapes of eight women nearly two weeks ago in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. Seven more men are to be charged with the rapes on Thursday, officials said. The rapes of...
