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Gore: Trump not yet as damaging to environment as he feared
The Trump administration has made some dangerous changes to environmental policy, but the damage so far has been less than it initially appeared, former Vice-President Al Gore said in an interview on Monday, August 13, 2018.
Governors say ban on land deals could hurt beleaguered bird
Some governors in the U.S. West say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a beleaguered bird scattered across their region.
Trump proposes car-mileage rollback; states sue in protest
Citing safety, the Trump administration on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, proposed rolling back car-mileage standards, backing away from years of government efforts to cut Americans' trips to the gas station and reduce unhealthy, climate-changing tailpipe emissions.
Trump administration says greener cars would lead to accidents
The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards.
Don't call dolphin hybrid spotted off Hawaii a 'wholphin'
Scientists are touting the first sighting of a hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in the ocean off Hawaii. But don't call it a "wholphin," they say.
Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean's plastic trash
Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about New Orleans' aquarium and zoo , all of them made from plastic trash that washed ashore. There's a great white shark made partly of bottle caps and beach toys and a jellyfish made mostly of cut-up water bottles.
San Francisco to consider outlawing plastic straws, stirrers
In a bid to further cut down on waste, eco-conscious San Francisco is expected to join Seattle in outlawing plastic straws used to suck down Mai Taisand slurp up bubble tea.
With focus on Mexico, apprehensions grow at the U.S. - Canada border
While the Trump administration fortifies the southern border, there's growing concern over the number of foreigners entering the country illegally across the porous northern border with Canada.
California sues over Trump halt to truck pollution rule
California and 14 other states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, July 19, 2018, over its decision to suspend an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting pollution from trucks.
Louisiana's whooping crane comeback: 5 chicks this year
In a southwest Louisiana crawfish pond, two endangered whooping crane chicks peck about for crawfish, insects, plants and other food. They're only 2 months old, but they dwarf the full-grown great egrets nearby. Their tall white parents bugle alarm at an ATV and people across the pond, and all four cranes move farther away.