Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter and destruction of 120 Georgia homes
Read full article: Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter and destruction of 120 Georgia homesOfficials say a volunteer firefighter has died battling a wildfire in Florida, while two large fires in Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes.
The Iran war could drive up costs for petroleum-derived products like clothes and crayons
Read full article: The Iran war could drive up costs for petroleum-derived products like clothes and crayonsThe Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices.
Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East
Read full article: Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the EastWildfires are often thought to be a problem for Western North America, but climate change and other factors are making fires nastier in the East, especially this year.
Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe
Read full article: Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universeApollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month for a historic lunar flyby: Pure excitement and the potential for so much more.
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Debris from Hurricane Helene is helping fuel Georgia's wildfires
Read full article: Debris from Hurricane Helene is helping fuel Georgia's wildfiresFallen trees and limbs scattered across Georgia by Hurricane Helene more than a year ago are now helping fuel destructive wildfires in the state.
Offshore wind farms take shape along Rhode Island's coast, even as Trump wants to stop them
Read full article: Offshore wind farms take shape along Rhode Island's coast, even as Trump wants to stop themOffshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region.
More countries are turning to nuclear power 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster
Read full article: More countries are turning to nuclear power 40 years after the Chernobyl disasterThe 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions.
Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization
Read full article: Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonizationPaving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there.
Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
Read full article: Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials sayAuthorities say a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant has killed two people and sent about 30 others to the hospital, including one person in serious condition.
New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts
Read full article: New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coastsOne of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk has determined that more than 17 million people in eight cities along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding.
Heavy rain and snowmelt are hurtling large chunks of ice into northeastern Michigan homes
Read full article: Heavy rain and snowmelt are hurtling large chunks of ice into northeastern Michigan homesLarge chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems.
As the planet warms, scientists burn homes to figure out how to best protect them in wildfires
Read full article: As the planet warms, scientists burn homes to figure out how to best protect them in wildfiresScientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires.
Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects
Read full article: Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projectsA federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy.
Northeast flower and fruit farmers grapple with whiplash weather
Read full article: Northeast flower and fruit farmers grapple with whiplash weatherThe abrupt swing from hot weather to cold across the Northeast didn't just have people scrambling for discarded jackets, it also is affecting some farmers.
Justice Department files complaint against Washington and its sewage authority for massive spill
Read full article: Justice Department files complaint against Washington and its sewage authority for massive spillThe Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River.
Chernobyl's radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit
Read full article: Chernobyl's radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spiritWildlife is thriving again four decades after the nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant in what became the exclusion zone created by the forced mass evacuations of the population.
Takeaways from AP-Grist reporting on federal support for rural renewable energy
Read full article: Takeaways from AP-Grist reporting on federal support for rural renewable energyThe Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers.
The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
Read full article: The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in LouisianaThe Supreme Court is handing a win to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.
Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Read full article: Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe AreaCongressional Republicans are sending President Donald Trump a resolution for his signature that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Parts of Northern Marianas could be without power for weeks after super typhoon
Read full article: Parts of Northern Marianas could be without power for weeks after super typhoonAn official says some hard hit areas of the Northern Marianas could be without power and water for weeks after the Pacific Ocean islands were battered by a super typhoon.
Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench
Read full article: Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stenchCrowds gathered at Mount Holyoke College’s Talcott Greenhouse to witness the rare bloom of “Pangy,” a corpse flower known for its powerful odor resembling decaying flesh.
US faces demand to restore $350 million in federal funding to help power Puerto Rico
Read full article: US faces demand to restore $350 million in federal funding to help power Puerto RicoNearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory.
EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
Read full article: EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worryThe Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators.
Camp Mystic official testifies that deaths still haven't officially been reported to state agency
Read full article: Camp Mystic official testifies that deaths still haven't officially been reported to state agencyThe medical officer for the Texas summer camp where 27 girls were killed in a flood last year has testified that she still has not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency that regulates camps.
In apparent flub, Energy Secretary Wright says US heading 'in the wrong direction'
Read full article: In apparent flub, Energy Secretary Wright says US heading 'in the wrong direction'Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows Tuesday after saying the country “looks like we’re going in the wrong direction” in remarks hailing a new natural gas pipeline project.
Severe storms accompanied by tornadoes damage communities from the Plains to the Midwest
Read full article: Severe storms accompanied by tornadoes damage communities from the Plains to the MidwestA day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters are warning that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again.