With drought and growth taking a toll on the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of the region’s water, a new law mandates the removal of turf, patch by patch. Outlawing grass is perhaps MORE
On Saturday, California met its 100 percent renewable energy goal, much of it came from large amounts of solar power now produced along Interstate 10, an hour east of the Coachella Valley. According to the Desert Sun: While MORE
Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, the nation’s largest cypress swamp, nurtures an abundant ecosystem and protects a critical coast. But years of exploitation and neglect have made it a “ticking time bomb.” In the swampy heart of MORE
A large, deadly tornado battered parts of the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, with damage reported in Arabi and the Lower Ninth Ward. St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN one person had died in MORE
It feels like the aspirin just wore off from this week’s travel headaches and the last thing you’ll likely want to read about is another impactful winter storm potentially snarling transportation across the nation. Unfortunately, this is MORE
In the Galilee, migrating cranes infected with H5N1 are dying by the thousand, raising fears of a global pandemic. Israel’s National Security Council has assumed control of a massive bird flu outbreak in the Galilee, which scientists MORE
Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday across parts of the central and southern US including Kentucky, where the governor says the death toll will exceed 50 after “one of the toughest nights in Kentucky MORE
The first significant winter storm of the season is on its way for many across the Dakotas and Minnesota. Blizzard conditions are likely as winds increase to over 30 to 40 mph across this region, MORE
WASHINGTON — The most powerful part of President Biden’s climate agenda — a program to rapidly replace the nation’s coal- and gas-fired power plants with wind, solar and nuclear energy — will likely be dropped MORE
Earth scientists at the turn of the century, Gavin Schmidt among them, were enthralled by a 56-million-year-old segment of geologic history known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). What most intrigued them was its resemblance to our MORE
The U.S. government is declaring the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker — and 22 more birds, fish and other species — extinct. It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but MORE
The Biden Administration is finalizing its first major ruling in the fight against climate change on Thursday by limiting the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons used in most refrigerators and air conditioners. Following through on MORE
At least nine people have died in New York City and New Jersey as remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped heavy amounts of rain on the nation’s largest city. “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight MORE
Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding, potentially catastrophic winds MORE
(CNN)Henri weakened slightly from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Sunday morning, as its outer bands continued moving over the Northeast, saturating many areas and posing flooding danger for millions.Henri’s anticipated landfall on Long Island MORE
Sheriff’s deputies remained mystified over how a family of three, along with their dog, perished on a remote hiking trail in Mariposa County. Investigators were considering whether a toxic substance, such as gas from mines MORE
Global warming is happening much faster than scientists expected, according to a UN-sponsored review of climate change that was published Monday. The report says that a crucial temperature threshold is on pace now to be MORE
Massive wildfires have raged in parts of Europe over the last six days, forcing thousands from their homes in several Greek villages. The worst of the fires Sunday were on Evia — Greece’s second largest MORE
Wells in the historic tourist town of Mendocino, California, are drying up amid a devastating drought. One business, the Alegria Inn, has been trucking in water at a rate of $600 for 3,500 gallons, which MORE
Intentionally harming the planet could be discussed in the same international court that tries war crimes. After months of deliberation, a group of international legal experts unveiled a new legal definition of “ecocide” in June. The definition, MORE
The 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck off Alaska’s coast Wednesday night was the strongest one since 1964, an official told CNN. The very strong quake was located about 56 miles (91 kilometers) east southeast of Perryville, MORE
The hilarious 2006 film “Idiocracy” offers a vivid depiction of American politics. The movie is classified as a sci-fi comedy, but it is more like a searing documentary. It almost perfectly describes America’s crisis of MORE
By Angela Dewan, CNN Updated 3:58 AM ET, Sun July 4, 2021 (CNN) The tiny town of Lytton has come to hold a grim record. On Tuesday, it experienced Canada’s highest-ever temperature, in an unprecedented heat wave MORE
Thirteen million people in the Pacific Northwest will contend with a historic heat wave. 70-79 F// 80-89 F// 90-99 F// 100+ F NOAA This Sunday could be the hottest day on record in Portland, Oregon, MORE
Over the next few weeks along the East Coast and Midwest, the cicadas will emerge from the ground, shed their skins and partake in a month-long mating ritual, making quite a scene — climbing trees MORE