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Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit

Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.
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California bill would ban all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores

California bill would ban all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature.
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B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of 'dramatic drought conditions'

B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of 'dramatic drought conditions'

Aaron Hill, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society in B.C., can't recall when he was so concerned about the snowpack levels in the province.
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10 cars of cargo train carrying cooking oil and plastic pellets derail. Two land in New York river

10 cars of cargo train carrying cooking oil and plastic pellets derail. Two land in New York river

PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ten cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two ending up in a river, authorities said.
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Alberta to add firefighters for expected busy wildfire season: minister

Alberta to add firefighters for expected busy wildfire season: minister

Alberta will field more firefighters, more volunteers and more high-tech gear as it braces for what it expects will be another busy wildfire season, the province's forestry minister said Thursday.
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US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near Nevada lithium mine

US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near Nevada lithium mine

RENO, Nev.
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Floridians shaken by 4.0 magnitude earthquake about 100 miles off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities are collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaking from a 4.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast, the National Weather Service reported. The earthquake happened shortly before 11 p.m.
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Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline

Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation.
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Man who diverted national park river to ease boat access on Lake Michigan convicted of misdemeanors

Man who diverted national park river to ease boat access on Lake Michigan convicted of misdemeanors

EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors.
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In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium

In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium

GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado Riv
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