In a landslide-stricken town in California, life is like camping with no power, gas
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Nick Mardesic and his family are living off the power grid, so li...
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Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020...
Fresh quakes damage West Texas area with long history of tremors caused by oil and gas industry
Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activit...
Scores of wildfires are scorching swaths of the US and Canada. Here’s the latest on them
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of l...
Wildfire smoke chokes parts of Canada and western U.S., with some areas under air quality alerts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fires burning in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and other western states...
How employers are taking steps to safeguard workers from extreme heat
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the...
Rebuilding coastal communities after hurricanes is complex, and can change the character of a place
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwe...
Battered by Hurricane Idalia last year, Florida village ponders future as hurricane season begins
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She ...
California workplace safety board approves heat protections for indoor workers, excluding prisons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the first day of summer with parts of California sweltering under a heat advis...
Converting cow manure to fuel is growing climate solution, but critics say communities put at risk
PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows an...
Activist who fought for legal rights for Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon wins ‘Green Nobel’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing up, Teresa Vicente spent long days in Spain’s Mar Menor swimming in trans...
California sets long-awaited drinking water limit for ‘Erin Brockovich’ contaminant
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexa...
In a rural California region, a plan takes shape to provide shade from dangerous heat
MECCA, Calif. (AP) — When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about ...
Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but ...