Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes
Tornado experts say the winterโs record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday.
Across the US, batteries and green energies like wind and solar combine for major climate solution
In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when itโs not.
Tornadoes kill 3 and leave trails of destruction in the central US
The death toll still stands at three from a series of tornadoes that tore through the central U.S. An Ohio sheriff in what appeared to be the hardest hit area says itโs a surprise more people werenโt killed in Thursday nightโs storms.
In Mexico, a once glittering lake is being sucked dry by development, drought and lawlessness
Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking muddy puddle by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness.
Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves
Federal prosecutors say a Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep that were killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed โgiantโ sheep hybrids for sale to private hunting preserves in Texas.
The treated discharge from Japan's ruined Fukushima nuclear plant is safe, IAEA chief says on visit
The head of the U.N. atomic agency has observed firsthand the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plantโs ongoing radioactive wastewater discharges for the first time since the contentious program began six months ago.
Conditions inside Fukushima's melted nuclear reactors still unclear 13 years after disaster struck
Japan is marking 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the countryโs northern coasts, killing nearly 20,000 people, wiping out whole towns and destroying the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Texas approves land-swapping deal with SpaceX as company hopes to expand rocket-launch operations
SpaceX is set to acquire public land from Texas after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a land-swapping deal that would cede 43 acres to entrepreneur Elon Musk's company in exchange for 477 acres that are yet to be bought.
In a rural California region, a plan takes shape to provide shade from dangerous heat
Elected officials, community leaders and farmworkers on Saturday launched a project to significantly increase the amount of shade in unincorporated areas in the Eastern Coachella Valley, a major agricultural area in southern California where temperatures routinely top 100 degrees in the summer.
Alaska's Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training
The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaskaโs official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new emphasis on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with snowmobiles while training.
Barbuda residents win appeal to protect land from development in potential precedent for Caribbean
A top court has ruled that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits.
EU poised to OK major plan to meet climate goals and better protect nature despite farmer protests
The European Union is on the brink of approving a major plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc after protests from farmers and opposition from the biggest party in parliament led it to be diluted.
California utility will pay $80M to settle claims its equipment sparked devastating 2017 wildfire
Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes and other structures in 2017.
Germany plans to enable underground storage of carbon dioxide at offshore sites
Germany's vice chancellor says the country plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgement that time is running out to combat climate change.
White House, tribal leaders hail 'historic' deal to restore salmon runs in Pacific Northwest
The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington have signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest.
Native American tribes gain new authority to stop unwanted hydropower projects
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected several proposed hydropower projects on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The commission has also created a policy that essentially gives tribes early veto power over such projects.
Hyundai's Supernal and Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility see future in electric-powered air taxis
As the aviation sector seeks ways to make air travel less polluting and more sustainable, aerospace company Embraer and South Korean automaker Hyundai are among the companies betting on a new form of air travel -โ air taxis.