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Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

LYONS, Ga. (AP) — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South.
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Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

MIRERENI, Mayotte (AP) — Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the French territory in nearly a century.
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Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast

Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast

PHOENIX (AP) — It's necessary to regulate groundwater in the state’s rural southeast , allowing the designation of a controlled area to stop rapid depletion of the water through agricultural use, the Arizona Department of Water Resources announced Fr
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New damage delays I-40 reopening in North Carolina closed by Helene

New damage delays I-40 reopening in North Carolina closed by Helene

WAYNESVILLE, N.C.
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Alberta announces future coal mining policy plan, industry consults

Alberta announces future coal mining policy plan, industry consults

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced plans to ban new mountaintop removal and open-pit coal developments on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, but the new rules wouldn't apply to advanced projects like a contentious mine proposed f
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Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast

PHOENIX (AP) — It's necessary to regulate groundwater in the state’s rural southeast , allowing the designation of a controlled area to stop rapid depletion of the water through agricultural use, the Arizona Department of Water Resources announced Fr
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Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates

Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates

A Canadian company that has received a US$40-million grant from Bill Gates' climate solutions venture firm says its Alberta test site will be removing carbon directly from the atmosphere as early as this spring.
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Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
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Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

An Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon is celebrating a legal victory in the latest stage of its attempt to take back claimed ancestral rainforests .
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California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have approved a controversial proposal to delay the closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak , which forced thousands of families from their Los Ang
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