Independent review poised to shake up Britain’s sewage-clogged rivers
Independent review poised to shake up Britain’s sewage-clogged rivers A long-awaited independent inquiry into England’s privately run water…
Lightning-sparked blaze razes Grand Canyon’s landmark North Rim lodge, triggers season-long closure
Lightning-sparked blaze razes Grand Canyon’s landmark North Rim lodge, triggers season-long closure A lightning strike that ignited the Dragon…
Lightning-sparked blazes raze Grand Canyon’s North Rim lodge and drive evacuations from Arizona to Ontario
Lightning-sparked blazes raze Grand Canyon’s North Rim lodge and drive evacuations from Arizona to Ontario A pair of lightning-ignited…
Fast-moving blaze destroys iconic North Rim lodge at Grand Canyon, dozens of buildings lost
Grand Canyon National Park officials say a wildfire that flared out of control on the North Rim over the weekend leveled the 96-year-old Grand…
Texas faces new flash-flood threat as critics fault state leaders for chronic under-investment in disaster readiness
Texas paused its search for victims of the Hill Country flash floods on Sunday after fresh storms threatened a second surge on the already…
Canadian wildfire smoke blankets Minnesota, prompting health warnings and advice from ER physicians
Airborne smoke from Canada’s ongoing wildfire season drifted across Minnesota on Saturday, sending air-quality readings into the unhealthy…
Lightning-sparked blaze balloons to 20,000 acres on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, forcing evacuations
A lightning-ignited wildfire northeast of the Grand Canyon roared from roughly 1,000 acres to about 20,000 acres in a single day, prompting…
Lightning-sparked Arizona blaze explodes as Canadian fire smoke chokes U.S. Midwest
A fast-growing wildfire in northern Arizona has ballooned from roughly 1,000 acres to more than 20,000 in a single day, forcing evacuations…
Looming Deadlines Threaten Popular U.S. Clean-Energy Tax Breaks
A climate and consumer-focused set of tax incentives created by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act is now scheduled to expire months or even…
Unchecked rare-earth mining in Myanmar taints Thai rivers and alarms the Mekong region
NPR’s investigation finds that toxic runoff from a surge of rare-earth mines in Myanmar’s Shan State is contaminating rivers that flow into…