COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)—Work began March 24 on a $3.9 billion oil refinery to be funded by a Singapore-Oman joint venture next to a Chinese-run port in what will be
NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana say the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dragged its heels on issuing rules for oil spill dispersants, and they’re ready
LOS ANGELES (AP)—A new Coast Guard cutter commissioned March 22 honors a petty officer who was killed in a confrontation with suspected smugglers off Southern California. Terrell Horne’s widow, Rachel,
LOS ANGELES (AP)—The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard says the service is about to award a contract for a much-needed new icebreaker, but additional vessels are needed along with
MEXICO CITY (AP)—Mexico’s president said Friday he regrets a confrontation between fishermen and marines trying to prevent the illegal fishing that has driven the vaquita porpoise to the brink of
MIAMI (AP)—The Coast Guard is cracking down on illegal boating and fishing charters and terminated several joy rides over the weekend around the area of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival. The
PHOENIX (AP)—A major Southern California water agency is trying to push the state through a final hurdle in joining a larger plan to preserve a key river in the U.S. West that
QUITO, Ecuador (AP)—Researchers in Ecuador say they have discovered a “nursery” of hammerhead sharks off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, a find that may help them track and protect
