Environment

15 years after BP oil spill, marine recovery on Louisiana coast brings hope but not full trust

Off Grand Isle, Louisiana, is a sportfishing paradise, where dolphins escort Captain Craig Bielkiewicz's charter boat into the Gulf of…

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Cicada maps show where the noisy insects will emerge in the U.S. this spring

Cicadas are poised to return at some point in the spring of 2025, potentially bringing billions of bugs to neighborhoods…

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Cicada Brood XIV is emerging in 2025. Here’s what to know about the periodical bugs.

A massive brood of periodical cicadas will emerge soon across the eastern United States, with the notoriously raucous springtime insects…

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Trump signs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining industry

Critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese can be found in potato-sized nodules at the bottom of the…

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Trump tariffs urge U.S. auto production. Here’s why that’s complicated

Ford Motor Company's electric F-150 Lightning on the production line at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on…

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Reporter’s Notebook: If Earth’s entire history was squeezed into a single day

Reporter's Notebook: If Earth's entire history was squeezed into a single day - CBS News Watch CBS News If Earth's…

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Trump tariffs push Asian partners to weigh investing in Alaska LNG project

Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are considering investing in a massive natural gas project in Alaska in an attempt to…

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Butterfly populations declining rapidly in U.S. with 22% disappearing in 2 decades, study finds

Butterflies, known for their beauty and vital role in pollination, are vanishing from U.S. landscapes at an alarming rate. A…

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