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Profiles in clean energy: Dad concerned about climate change shifts company away from oil and gas

Profiles in clean energy: Dad concerned about climate change shifts company away from oil and gas

ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Netherlands (AP) — At first, working in the oil and gas industry was great, Jordi Zonneveld recalls. Near his home in the Netherlands, there was an oil and gas company that, back in 2005, was growing and hiring.
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Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity

Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland , known for natural beauty like pristine lakes and majestic Alpine peaks, ranks among the world's richest countries whose plant and animal life is under the greatest threat.
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The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat, conservationists said in a new report.
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Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed or sickened in 2019 following the prolonged opening of a spillway used for flood control. U.S.
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For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change

For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change

NEW YORK (AP) — The effort to save the pale blue dot called Earth is all about the green — that is, the money to finance a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
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The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o'-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage. Leaves around the northern U.S.
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'Terrifying' twister damages homes and trees in English town but causes no casualties

LONDON (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in England, toppling trees, tearing off roof tiles and terrifying residents.
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Heavy rain pounds northcentral Japan which is still recovering from deadly quake

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto on Saturday which triggered landslides and swollen rivers to overflow, flooding homes and stranding some residents in the region still recovering from a deadly earthquake earlier thi
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The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o'-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage. Leaves around the northern U.S.
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