From dying reefs to flooded graves, Vanuatu is leading a global climate case
PORT VILA, Vanuatu — When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah…
Florida official says lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ filed in wrong court
Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs surveys wildfire damage along Grand Canyon’s North Rim
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs toured the destruction left by a wildfire…
Tropical storm Wipha threatens southern China after battering Taiwan, Philippines
BEIJING — A tropical storm that prompted flight and ferry cancellations in Taiwan is forecast to reach typhoon…
Trump’s interior secretary must sign off on all wind and solar projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved…
Why the magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Alaska was notable
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that…
An Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling for high ground after strong earthquake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher…
Sole US producer of rare earths gets boost from Apple and military deals
MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech…
NASA website won’t publish major climate change reports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major,…
Unhealthy smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the Upper Midwest
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air…
Northern Arizona resident dies from plague
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague…
Dozens of Camp Mystic buildings were removed from a 100-year flood map in recent years, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as…