CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people braced Monday for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say …
The Biden administration is proposing a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines and other projects that kill bald and golden eagles. The move comes amid growing concern among scientists that a rapid expansion of renewable energy in the U.S. West that's now underway could harm golden eagle populations now teetering on decline. The Fish and Wildlife Service program announced Thursday is meant to encourage companies to work with officials to minimize the harm to golden and bald eagles. There are about 350,000 bald eagles but only 40,000 golden eagles, which need much larger areas to survive and are more inclined to have trouble with humans.
The Biden administration has released two reports arguing that removing dams on the lower Snake River may be needed to restore salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest. The reports say replacing the electricity created by the dams is possible but will cost $11 billion to $19 billion. The reports were released Tuesday by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Council chair Brenda Mallory says business as usual will not restore salmon. Her office is leading multi-agency efforts to restore “abundant runs of salmon to the Columbia River Basin.” Mallory cautioned that the Biden administration is not endorsing any single long-term solution, including breaching the dams.
People paddle a boat up a street flooded from Hurricane Ida, Wednesday in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana.
Residents line up for fuel as they try to recover from the effects of Hurricane Ida on Wednesday in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Ida ravaged the r…
Emily Francois walks through flood waters beside her flood damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Wednesday in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana.
Lights came back on for a fortunate few, some corner stores opened their doors, and crews cleared fallen trees and debris from a growing numbe…
Hundreds of thousands of Louisianans sweltered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Tuesday with no electricity, no tap water, precious little…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Dewayne Pellegrin a bowling alley mechanic, cleans up the heavily damaged Bowl South of Louisiana Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Houma, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
SEATTLE (AP) — A winter storm that blanketed the Pacific Northwest caused lingering problems Monday, with hundreds of thousands of people in O…
