Asian carp found near Lake Michigan got past barriers
Officials say an Asian carp found in a Chicago waterway this summer apparently got past an electric barrier system intended to prevent the invasive fish from reaching the Great Lak...
Environment
National Park Service ends ban on disposable water bottles
The federal government announced Wednesday it will eliminate a policy that allowed national parks like the Grand Canyon to ban the sale of bottled water in an effort to curb litter...
Loss of sea ice leads walruses to early appearance in Alaska
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Pacific walruses have begun coming ashore along Alaska's northwest coast, and it's likely because sea ice in the Arctic Ocean already has re...
Vandals scrawl anti-law message on Lincoln Memorial
The National Park Service says someone used red spray paint to scrawl an anti-law message on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
US: 'Zero' chance of Colorado River water shortage in 2018
U.S. water managers say there will be no water cutbacks in 2018 for millions of residents and farmers served by the Lake Mead reservoir on the Colorado River because of heavy snowf...
Activists plead not guilty in Trump Tower banner hanging
Four Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago last month to protest the president's stance on global warming have pleaded not guilty to felony...
Reward offered to catch Nevada lake invasive fish dumper
Nevada game wardens who spend most their time hunting down big-game poachers are focusing on a serious threat to nature in a lake: An invasive fish species.
Residents of smoke-choked Montana town advised to leave
Montana health officials are warning residents of a town choked by smoke from a nearby wildfire that the air pollution there is so bad at certain times of the day that everybody sh...
Tennessee forestry chief lauds firefighters in wildfires
Although Tennessee's top forestry official says he regrets the loss of lives and property from last year's wildfires, he argues that firefighters did as much as they could to conta...
Insurer: Miami is more vulnerable to hurricanes like Andrew
Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city's vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a ne...
