Environment | New EPA rule says 218 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer By Associated Press April 9, 2024 at 12:42 p.m. Rep. Troy Carter, whose Louisiana district includes the Denka Performance Elastomer plant, called the new...
Environment | March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say By Associated Press April 9, 2024 at 8:19 a.m. Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month.
Environment | Controversial plan takes shape to protect Joshua trees from climate change, fire and development By Brooke Staggs April 5, 2024 at 3:46 p.m. Some desert officials and residents are pushing back at fees tied to a Joshua tree...
2024’s ‘extremely active’ hurricane season could bring 23 named storms, experts say By Bill Kearney April 4, 2024 at 11:47 a.m. A report from Colorado State University is calling for 11 hurricanes, the most they have...
April storm: More than 600,000 without power on the East Coast By The Associated Press April 4, 2024 at 5:26 p.m. Maine and New Hampshire bore the brunt of the power outages, with about 341,000 and...
Business | Few stations and $200 to fill up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’ By Bloomberg April 4, 2024 at 10:12 a.m. The state committed more than $250 million toward building out a network of stations for...
Environment | Gov. Newsom announces updated California water plan amid above-average Sierra snowpack By Scooty Nickerson April 3, 2024 at 4:17 p.m. The official statewide reading clocked in at 110% of normal -- a harbinger of a...
National News | How brown rats crawled off ships and conquered North American cities By Associated Press April 3, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. The data suggests that shipping networks across the Atlantic Ocean “essentially functioned as rat superhighways,”...
Environment | Mysterious python parasite threatens Florida’s native snakes, pushing toward their ‘extreme decline’ By Bill Kearney April 3, 2024 at 10:51 a.m. A mysterious parasite from Asia, which likely traveled here by way of Burmese pythons, and...
Environment | The Compost: 🙏 Thank you and farewell! ✈️ By Brooke Staggs April 3, 2024 at 9:19 a.m. This issue also has news on utility rebates, tighter rules for truck emissions and heat...