The moratorium is intended to allow time for officials to review the impact of oil and gas drilling on the environment and climate. Oil industry groups slammed the move, ...

A Hampton Inn hotel is severely damaged after a tornado tore through Fultondale, Ala., on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. At least 28 other people were injured as the twister carv...

The problem usually comes into focus in winter, when swollen waters sweep over landfills, pushing the garbage toward hydropower dams. The garbage has been swept downstrea...