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Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court struck down one of the Trump administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks on Tuesday, saying the administration acted illegally in issuing a new rule that eased federal regulation of air pollution from power plants. The Trump administration had cited a...
Oxygen-starved city in Brazil’s Amazon starts immunization
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is collapsing amid an increase in infections and dwindling oxygen supplies. Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima...
DNR board to consider mining fee increases next week
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' policy board is expected to reconsider a plan to dramatically increase mining fees in Wisconsin. The new rules would increase fees and costs for nonferrous mining operations by about $502,000 per project. They also would require companies to...
Conservation officer injured in snowmobile crash
PITTSBURG, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officer on active snowmobile patrol crashed on a trail and injured his leg while pursing snowmobilers for a violation, authorities said. The officer, Christopher Egan, 49, crashed on a trail in Pittsburg at about 5:20 a.m. Monday. Eagan...
Biden has set sky-high expectations. Can he meet them?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Back when the election was tightening and just a week away, Joe Biden went big. He flew to Warm Springs, the Georgia town whose thermal waters once brought Franklin Delano Roosevelt comfort from polio, and pledged a restitching of America's economic and policy fabric unseen since FDR's...
Joe Biden's hefty to-do list starts with a flurry of orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has given himself an imposing to-do list for his earliest days as president and many promises to keep over the longer haul. Overshadowing everything at the very start is Biden's effort to win congressional approval of a $1.9 trillion plan to combat the coronavirus and the...
Boscawen couple named outstanding tree farmers by program
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A couple in Boscawen, New Hampshire, have been named the 2021 Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year by the state tree farm program. Charles and Mabel Niebling bought a 67-acre tree farm in 2001. It has been under a written forest management plan since 2003 that focuses on maintaining...
Senator to detail Trillion Trees act at Maine forestry forum
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group that supports tens of thousands of family woodland owners in Maine is holding its annual forum this week. The Maine Woodland Owners' Forestry Forum takes place on Thursday. The event is being held online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The forum is popular with...
Russian-American climber found dead on Pakistani mountain
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian-American climber who went missing last week while trying to scale a mountain amid harsh winter weather in northern Pakistan has been found dead, the region's tourist police and the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Tuesday. The tourist police in the town of Gilgit made the...
4 hurt in string of shootings in Pocono Mountains community
MOUNT POCONO, Pa. (AP) — At least four people were injured Monday in a string of shootings that prompted an order to shelter in place for a Pennsylvania community in the Pocono Mountains, authorities said. Shots rang out not far from each other in at least four different areas of Monroe County,...
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