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'This year is worse': Why a Montana city is running out of water

'This year is worse': Why a Montana city is running out of water

FAIRFIELD — Chuck Dale, Fairfield’s water supervisor, wasn’t satisfied with the rain that blew across north-central Montana on Wednesday. It wasn’t nearly enough to refill the depleted wells in the 800-person town about 35 miles west of Great Falls. “Take a 30-foot cylinder, fill it

Tuna protections gain urgency as global stocks face uneven recovery

Uneven recovery across global tuna stocks raises fresh concern among regulators and scientists, even after years of tighter controls and improved oversight. Ahead of World Tuna Day on May 2, pressure builds to tighten enforcement of catch limits and curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as demand remains high and

France says climate nixed from G7 talks to avoid spat with US

France says climate nixed from G7 talks to avoid spat with US

France on Thursday defended keeping climate change off the agenda at a meeting of G7 environment ministers in Paris, saying it was necessary to avoid a clash with the United States. Ecology minister Monique Barbut said Group of Seven ministers had made progress on environmental issues even if climate change

Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease US, host France says

Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease US, host France says

A meeting of G7 nations on the environment begins in Paris on Thursday but climate change has been left off the agenda to avoid a row with the United States. The office of France's ecology minister Monique Barbut said the two-day meeting would focus on "less

Just a little late: Frankfurt celebrates new airport terminal

Just a little late: Frankfurt celebrates new airport terminal

Frankfurt airport opened a new terminal on Wednesday, just a few years late and a billion euros over budget, with officials hailing a success in a country notorious for troubled infrastructure projects. Terminal 3 at Germany's biggest airport, which has an 18-metre (60-foot) high ceiling and

South Africa coal delay could cause 32,000 deaths, report says

South Africa coal delay could cause 32,000 deaths, report says

South Africa risks thousands of premature deaths if the phase-out of coal plants is delayed due to the government's updated decommissioning dates, climate rights groups said in a report Wednesday. Coal provides 80 percent of South Africa's power, according to the OECD, and the country

Merz says climate policy must not 'endanger' German industry

Merz says climate policy must not 'endanger' German industry

Germany's Friedrich Merz addressed a major climate policy gathering on Wednesday by stressing the need to unshackle industry from harmful regulations, including by reworking the EU's carbon trading scheme. "Climate protection must not endanger the industrial base in Germany and in our countries," the