climate and environment

By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How can you check the air quality in your area and what do the numbers mean?The Environmental Protection Agency monitors the air around…

By KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL PHILLIS - Associated Press Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S.As a haze stretches over the East…

By KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL PHILLIS - Associated Press Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a smoky haze, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in…

By KATHY McCORMACK - Associated Press Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The…

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A report on the Chesapeake Bay released Tuesday found strong disparities between communities in different parts of the bay's watershed in…

By ÁLVARO BARRIENTOS - Associated Press LOURIZAN, Spain (AP) — They fan out in groups, mostly women, plodding in rain boots across the soggy wet sands of the inlet, making the most of the low…

By ED DAVEY A consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world's “first carbon-neutral airline” and should pay damages. The complaint…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — Brian Keaulana is the quintessential Native Hawaiian waterman, well-known in Hawaii and beyond for his deep understanding…