Chevron files for international arbitration vs Ecuador, seeks shared liability in $27B caseSAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron Corp. sought Wednesday to force Ecuador into international arbitration for alleged trade violations, an apparent effort to protect itself against a feared negative ruling in a $27 billion lawsuit over environmental damage. Chevron sues Ecuador under trade law to protect against negative ruling in other $27B caseSAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron Corp. sought Wednesday to force the government of Ecuador into international arbitration for alleged trade violations, an apparent effort to protect itself against a feared negative ruling in a $27 billion lawsuit over environmental damage. Western lawmakers angry that stimulus money intended for wildfires going to DC parksWASHINGTON — Nearly $3 million in stimulus money targeted for fighting wildfires is being spent to restore public parks and watersheds in the nation’s capital, which has no national forests. Large-scale development for Maine’s Moosehead Lake region given final OK by state regulatorsBANGOR, Maine — A sprawling resort and residential development at the gateway to Maine’s North Woods that would be the largest of its kind in the state won a state planning board’s unanimous approval Wednesday. Gusty Santa Ana winds spread new wildfires in hot, dry Southern CaliforniaMOORPARK, Calif. — New wildfires threatened homes in Southern California on Tuesday as hot and dry Santa Ana winds turned the region into a tinder box. Judge orders feds to take closer look at beets genetically engineered to resist weed killerGRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal judge overturned government approval of a variety of sugar beet genetically engineered to resist a popular weed killer produced by agricultural giant Monsanto, according to a ruling released Tuesday. 5 killed, several injured in bus accident in GermanyRADEVORMWALD, Germany — A bus came off the road and plunged down a river embankment in western Germany on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring several others, authorities said. French police clear out then bulldoze camp for immigrants seeking to slip into BritainCALAIS, France — French police razed a squalid camp used by illegal immigrants in scrubland near the English Channel port of Calais on Tuesday, using backhoes and buzz saws to clear away the precarious dwellings of a fragile population, mostly Afghan minors, who were led away stunned and sometimes sobbing. French police clear out then bulldoze major camp for migrants seeking to slip into BritainCALAIS, France — French police cleared out then bulldozed a squalid, sprawling forest camp near the northern city of Calais on Tuesday, detaining hundreds of illegal migrants who had hoped to slip across the English Channel into Britain. Creeks turn into surging rivers after Southeast storms dump up 20 inches on saturated groundATLANTA — Docile creeks turned into surging rivers and rivers into raging floodwaters as storms raking the Southeast for days dropped up to 20 inches of rain, killing at least six people and leaving communities under water. Crews stabilize 1 fire in southwestern Oregon, while another prompts evacuation of 300 homesMEDFORD, Ore. — One southwestern Oregon fire stabilized Monday while another spread, temporarily knocking out power to thousands and prompting the evacuation of more than 300 homes. Ore. coast closed to recreational mussel, clam harvesting because of risk of toxinsPORTLAND, Ore. — The state Department of Agriculture has closed the entire Oregon coast to recreational mussel and clam harvesting because of the risk of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Toddler among 6 killed as storms pound the Southeast as forecasters call for more rainATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father’s arms. In Atlanta, stranded motorists scrambled to the tops of their car as waters rose on one of the city’s busiest highways. To the north, crews worked furiously to shore up a levee holding a surging river back from an isolated town. Toddler swept away from family’s mobile home among 6 killed as storms flood SoutheastATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father’s arms. In Atlanta, stranded motorists scrambled to the tops of their car as waters rose on one of the city’s busiest highways. To the north, crews worked furiously to shore up a levee holding a surging river back from an isolated town. Drilling opponents ask Interior secretary to halt plans for oil and gas drilling off AlaskaWASHINGTON — Opponents of offshore drilling — including some dressed as salmon and a polar bear — delivered more than 250,000 postcards and letters to the Interior Department Monday on a proposal to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to oil and gas drilling. Bears, berries and beauty: Scenery abounds on Olympic National Park’s High Divide trailOLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — “Did you see the bear?” the backpacker standing at the side of the trail asked. “He sure saw you.” Moody’s report shows commercial real estate prices resumed steep declines in JulyNEW YORK — Prices for commercial real estate suffered steep declines in July and the volume of transactions remained low, according to a report issued Monday by Moody’s Investors Service. AP Enterprise: Grant to protect homes near LA from wildfire was withdrawn 2 days before fireLOS ANGELES — Months before a wildfire burned 280 square miles at the edge of Los Angeles, a little-known group was awarded a $178,000 grant to clear flammable brush and tree limbs to protect a mountain neighborhood in the Angeles National Forest. Coast Guard recovers body of San Francisco windsurfer west of Golden Gate BridgeSAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a San Francisco windsurfer found dead in ocean waters about 2½ miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge. As ice melts, as court briefs fly, the white bear will hold center stage in climate dramaTUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories — Henry Jr. slept in the arms of his father the unhappy hunter, who pondered the future of the boy born last Arctic winter, in the depths of a polar bear season he’d rather forget. Officials at odds over historic designation for Badlands site where Roosevelt once ranchedBISMARCK, N.D. — Federal and state officials are at odds over listing about 12,000 acres of scenic North Dakota Badlands on the National Register of Historic Places to recognize an area that inspired Theodore Roosevelt. Marijuana plantations go up in smoke as Los Angeles regional forest burnsLOS ANGELES — The wildfire that has ravaged a national forest near Los Angeles has burned one plant species that authorities were happy to see go: marijuana, lots of it. Stocks open higher as investors try look to extend recent rallyStocks are higher in early trading as investors aim to resume a recent rally that took the Dow Jones industrials to a new high for the year earlier this week. AP IMPACT: Review shows gov’t rarely intervenes as Calif. mercury mines pollute water, fishNEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state’s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people. Task force calls for a National Ocean Council to help conserve oceans, coasts, Great LakesSAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration on Thursday released the first glimpse of a plan to strengthen the way the nation manages the oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes. Researchers flying over Alaska’s northwest coast spot carcasses of up to 200 dead animalsANCHORAGE, Alaska — Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast. Environmental group gives cruise ships bad report card on pollution effortsANCHORAGE, Alaska — An environmental group released its report card Wednesday on how well cruise ship companies operating in American waters are doing to reduce pollution, and not one received an overall grade of “A.” Greenpeace says it has new evidence in Ivory Coast disaster, demands prosecution of companyAMSTERDAM — Greenpeace said Thursday it has uncovered new evidence linking a major oil trading company to toxic waste that killed 15 people in Ivory Coast in 2006, and asked Dutch prosecutors to reconsider charging executives with illegal dumping. New federal program provides subsidy to suppliers of Upper Peninsula biomass electric plantTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Suppliers of wood fuel for a biomass electric plant in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will get a federal subsidy under an agreement signed Wednesday. Fed examiners stepping up oversight of commercial real estate loans at smaller banksWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is stepping up its scrutiny of commercial real estate loans at smaller banks, where delinquency rates have risen sharply. |
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