(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds.
The Alaska Volcano …
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Wisconsin Wildfire Started by Logging Operations
(MADISON, Wis.) — Investigators say a large wildfire caused by logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin wasn’t intentionally set and criminal charges aren’t expected.
The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday …
Energy Independence and Other Myths: A Q&A With Michael Levi, Author of The Power Surge
Michael Levi is my favorite energy wonk — and not just because we both had to endure waiting for hours in the cold outside the 2009 U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen.
Calif Agency Says PG&E Should Pay $2.25B for Blast
The California agency investigating the deadly 2010 gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood recommended Monday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pay a $2.25 billion fine for its negligence leading up to the blast.
Cause of California Wildfire Appears Accidental
Investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California wildfire that was 75 percent contained Sunday after burning through coastal mountains and threatening thousands of homes.
Scenic, Struggling S. Illinois Braces for Oil Rush
This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps.
Cooler Weather Aids Fight Against Calif. Wildfire
Cool, moist air moving into Southern California on Sunday helped firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains.
Calif. Wildfire Grows, but Weather May Aid Fight
The fire 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles mushroomed to 43 square miles Friday as 900 firefighters used engines, aircraft, bulldozers and other equipment to battle the flames.
Flooding Swamps the Midwest
Torrential rains across the central United States forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close about a dozen locks on the Illinois River and the Mississippi Rivers north of St. Louis late last week.
Florida Becomes Fourth State to Sue BP Over Oil Spill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth state to seek damages for the 2010 disaster.
The suit, among other things, faults BP for not changing the batteries on the rig’s blowout preventer. …
North Dakota, a Portrait of an Oil Boom
North Dakota’s oil boom has been called everything from the region’s equivalent of a gold rush, to its version of Silicon Valley. And it’s all thanks to a the Bakken formation, a 360 million year old shale tectonic plate sitting …
State Dept: Build the Keystone Pipeline or Not, the Oil Sands Crude Will Flow
While the environmental movement has made the Keystone XL pipeline a line in the sand for U.S. climate policy, the project itself will have little impact on carbon emissions and on climate change.
Massachusetts Town Bans Plastic Water Bottles
For many people, a new year means resolutions. For one Massachusetts town, that means no more disposable plastic water bottles.
