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Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against the idea.
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Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board

Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board

PIPER CITY, Ill. (AP) — In Scott Saffer's science classroom, kids bake cookies in a decked-out kitchen, care for fish, turtles and a snake, and have access to a workshop full of tools.
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Typhoon Gaemi hits China's coast after leaving 25 dead in Taiwan and the Philippines

Typhoon Gaemi hits China's coast after leaving 25 dead in Taiwan and the Philippines

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong typhoon made landfall on China's southeastern coast on Thursday evening after sweeping across the nearby island of Taiwan, where it caused landslides and flooding in low-lying areas and left three dead.
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Booties. Indoor dog parks. And following the vet's orders. How to keep pets cool this summer

Booties. Indoor dog parks. And following the vet's orders. How to keep pets cool this summer

PHOENIX (AP) — As much of the world swelters , it's not just people who need help with the dog days of summer.
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Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback.
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Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital

Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, leaving a crewman dead and 16 others rescued in a late-night operation by the coast guard.
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Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated
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Africa's demand for cooling systems is expanding. But regulating the industry is a struggle

Africa's demand for cooling systems is expanding. But regulating the industry is a struggle

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As the sun blazes down in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Ahmed Bukar turns on his home air conditioner to a blast of hot air. The charging valve on the outside unit is leaking out the cooling gas that the appliance runs on.
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Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it

Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nat
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A plan to replenish the Colorado River could mean dry alfalfa fields. And many farmers are for it

A plan to replenish the Colorado River could mean dry alfalfa fields. And many farmers are for it

A plan to help shore up the depleted Colorado River by cutting off water to alfalfa fields in California's crop-rich Imperial Valley is finding support from the farmers who grow it.
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