G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy

  By Elaine Kurtenbach And Mari Yamaguchi in Sapporo SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations met Saturday in northern Japan, seeking to reconcile the world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels with the...

Powering down: Germany’s last nuclear plants in final hours

  By Frank Jordans in Berlin   BERLIN (AP) — Germany began winding down its three remaining nuclear power plants Saturday as part of a long-planned transition toward renewable energy, drawing cheers from environmentalists who campaigned for the move. The...

Onion Lake Cree Nation sues province over Saskatchewan First Act

  By Kelly Geraldine Malone in Saskatoon Onion Lake Cree Nation is suing the Saskatchewan government over autonomy legislation meant to reassert the province’s control over natural resources. The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary,...

Newly active Texas sinkhole unearths forgotten fears in some

This aerial image shows a massive sinkhole near Daisetta, Texas, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Earlier this month, Daisetta officials announced the sinkhole, which had first emerged in 2008 but had been dormant since then, had started to again expand. Officials say...