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Portugal invests in electricity grid upgrades after Iberian blackout

Portugal invests in electricity grid upgrades after Iberian blackout

LISBON (AP) — Portuguese authorities on Monday announced a raft of measures to strengthen the country's electricity system following the April 28 blackout that left most of Spain and Portugal without power for several hours.
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After taking back land in Colombia, Indigenous prepare their youth to safeguard it

After taking back land in Colombia, Indigenous prepare their youth to safeguard it

CALOTO, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous Nasa children are gently splashed with water using a leafy branch — a ritual meant to protect them and symbolically “open the path” — before setting off with wooden signs they had painted with messages like “We were
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The Taliban’s top environment official wants the UN to include Afghanistan in climate talks

The Taliban’s top environment official wants the UN to include Afghanistan in climate talks

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s top environment official on Monday called for Afghanistan’s inclusion in U.N. climate talks , saying extreme weather and water scarcity are having a “profound impact” on people’s lives and the economy.
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Man punches cougar in face, deters attack near Smithers, B.C.

Man punches cougar in face, deters attack near Smithers, B.C.

SMITHERS — A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack by punching the animal in the face in the province's northern Interior.
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Man seriously injured in B.C. grizzly bear attack in Kootenay region

Man seriously injured in B.C. grizzly bear attack in Kootenay region

CRANBROOK — A man has suffered "significant" injuries after a grizzly bear attack in the British Columbia Interior. The province's Conservation Officer Service says in a post on Facebook that the attack happened at about 4:30 p.m.
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Wildfires threaten Turkey's fourth-largest city as southern Europe grapples with blazes

Wildfires threaten Turkey's fourth-largest city as southern Europe grapples with blazes

ISTANBUL (AP) — Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city on Sunday, forcing more than 3,500 people to flee their homes and leaving two people dead.
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To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident

To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident

NEW YORK (AP) — When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the United Nations' annual climate negotiations, poverty, deforestation and much of the world's troubles will be right in their fac
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Montreal air quality among worst in the world due to wildfires in Prairies

Montreal air quality among worst in the world due to wildfires in Prairies

MONTRÉAL — Environment Canada has issued air quality warnings across southern Quebec due to smoke from wildfires in the Canadian Prairies.
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Michigan led on safe water after Flint, but mobile home parks are stubborn rough spot

Michigan led on safe water after Flint, but mobile home parks are stubborn rough spot

After the Flint water crisis, Michigan became a national leader on safe drinking water, requiring the removal of lead pipes and the reduction of harmful “forever chemicals” years before the federal government acted.
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Glacial floods alert issued for northwest Pakistan with more heavy rain forecast

Glacial floods alert issued for northwest Pakistan with more heavy rain forecast

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan on Saturday warned of glacial flooding in the northwest with more rain forecast for the area in the coming week.
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