Pollution clean-up
FILE - In this March 22, 2010, file photo, workers, from left, Johan Du Preez, Susan Dupreez and Rouxle Crafford clear honey from dead bee hives at a bee farm east of Merced, Calif. California's Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing spending $11 billion on programs to combat climate change amid a drought that followed a year of historic wildfires exacerbated by a warming planet. The windfall will fund everything from charging stations for electric cars to preparing communities for disasters ranging from fire, flooding and earthquakes to creating habitat for threatened bumble bees that are essential to pollinating crops in the nation's most productive farmland. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Newsom's green budget has something for everyone — even bees

By Brian Melley May. 14, 2021 08:23 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Charleston Gazette-Mail. May 3, 2021. Editorial: Manchin’s plan to rebuild will help WV Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin, D...

President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden plan would spend $16B to clean up old mines, oil wells

By Matthew Daly Apr. 01, 2021 12:08 AM EDT

Flood waters continue to rush through the path where the Edenville Dam once stood on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 in Edenville Township north of Midland, Mich. After two days of heavy rain, the Edenville Dam failed and flood waters rushed south, ravaging the landscape in its path. (Jake May/The Flint Journal, MLive.com via AP)
Michigan flood displaces thousands, threatens Superfund site

By Carlos Osorio, Corey Williams And Tammy Webber May. 20, 2020 08:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2018, file photo, attendees take photos of the E-SEED electric concept car during a press conference by Chinese automaker BYD at the China Auto Show in Beijing. China is promising more subsidies to shore up plunging electric car sales amid the coronavirus pandemic but set limits that exclude Tesla’s made-in-China model. Subsidies and tax breaks that were due to end this year will be extended by two years in response to “an accumulation of unfavorable factors” including the virus, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, April 23, 2020.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
China promises subsidies to boost falling electric car sales

Apr. 24, 2020 01:39 AM EDT

Cleanup of contaminated Illinois site delayed due to virus

Apr. 18, 2020 09:21 AM EDT
DEPUE, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says work is expected to begin later this year to clean up contaminated soil on residential yards...

FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, a lone woman walks the trail along Lake Michigan at Chicago' North Avenue beach. Additional funds provided by Congress for Great Lakes environmental improvements will be used to quicken cleanups of highly toxic sites and step up work on other longstanding forms of pollution, federal officials said Thursday, April, 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Great Lakes get extra funds for cleanups, invasive species

By John Flesher Apr. 09, 2020 03:12 PM EDT