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Yukon gets $45M to prevent Whitehorse-area landslides, more money for flood recovery

Yukon gets $45M to prevent Whitehorse-area landslides, more money for flood recovery

WHITEHORSE — The federal government is contributing $45 million to help prevent landslides along the Whitehorse Escarpment with the aim to protect the land under Whitehorse International Airport and its access road to the Yukon's capital.
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The number of fish on US overfishing list reaches an all-time low. Mackerel and snapper recover

The number of fish on US overfishing list reaches an all-time low. Mackerel and snapper recover

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of fish on the government's overfishing list sunk to a new low last year in a sign of healthy U.S. fisheries, federal officials said.
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Jordan stations 2 firefighting helicopters in Cyprus to help as summer fire season arrives

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Jordan on Monday stationed two helicopters in Cyprus to help the Mediterranean island nation combat potential forest fires until it can lease firefighting aircraft of its own for the summer fire season.
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Julia Fox and Law Roach team up for a sustainable fashion competition show

Julia Fox and Law Roach team up for a sustainable fashion competition show

For Julia Fox, life is a catwalk. The looks she puts together — cutting off the belt loops of her jeans or creating a top made from tartan ties sewed together — are almost always guaranteed to turn heads and be photographed.
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New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor

New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor

Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country's regulator, the Forestry Development Authority, has repeatedly struggled to confront.
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For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out.
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Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent California storm

Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent California storm

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.
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Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people over 7 days, with 103 people missing

Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people over 7 days, with 103 people missing

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said Sunday.
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They study next to one of Africa's largest trash dumps. They're planting bamboo to try to cope

They study next to one of Africa's largest trash dumps. They're planting bamboo to try to cope

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Armed with gardening hoes while others cradled bamboo seedlings, students gathered outside their school in Kenya's capital.
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Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died

Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died

SAO PAULO (AP) — Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave t
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