Articles from the September 15, 2016 edition
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Petroleum company wants tax money back
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) â Occidental Petroleum is asking the Colorado Supreme Court to order the county, a school district and other local governments to return nearly $2 million to the company. The company says it ov...
More than 30 oil pipeline protesters arrested in last 2 days
ALMONT, N.D. (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — Authorities in southern North Dakota say more than 30 protesters have been arrested in the last two days at a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Almont. The site is about 70 miles (113 k...
Plan divvies up desert for conservation, energy projects
LOS ANGELES (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — Swaths of public land in the California desert will be opened to solar and wind farms under a federal plan released Wednesday that preserves much of the landscape for conservation and recreation. The l...
Fed judge to decide whether climate change lawsuit proceeds
EUGENE, Ore. (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — A federal judge in Eugene, Oregon, is considering arguments about whether a lawsuit brought by a group of children and a leading climate scientist can go forward. The plaintiffs' lawsuit alleges that the f...
Corn farmers in Texas Panhandle welcome recent cool weather
AMARILLO, Texas (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — Recent cooler temperatures and gray skies in Amarillo are predicted to remain through the rest of the week, and most likely into the weekend, with a light breeze and at least a 40 to 60 percent chance o...
Bayer buying Monsanto, will create global chemical, ag giant
American seed and weed-killer company Monsanto and German medicine and farm chemical maker Bayer are combining in a deal that could help farmers produce higher yields to address challenges from global warming to rising food demand from a...
Some farmers worry Monsanto merger will drive up costs
ST. LOUIS (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — Bayer's buyout of St. Louis-based Monsanto has agricultural groups and farmers concerned that the merger will lead to higher prices for seed and crop protection products, though some experts are confident t...
AP Exclusive: Accuser in Rose rape lawsuit tells her story
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — The woman who brought a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two others of gang rape is leading two drastically different lives. She is the central figure identified only as "Jane Doe" in a m...