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JUNEAU, Alaska — Raging waters ate away at riverbanks, destroyed at least two buildings and damaged others in Alaska's capital city after an outburst of weekend flooding from a glacial lake, authorities said. Levels along the Mendenhall River had begun falling by Sunday and returned to normal levels Monday but the city said river banks [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Wind power developers have proposed four new projects off the New Jersey Shore, a surge that would more than double the number of wind farms built off its coast if they are approved by regulators. At least two of them are more than twice as far out to sea than [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The federal government's most ambitious plan ever to slash greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are vital to slowing climate change. The EPA [...]
NEW YORK — Those ads showing caged dogs and desperate looking cats while Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" played in the background have been not just effective at making viewers sad, but also remarkably successful at raising money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals since 2007. However, a new study [...]
Veronica Iordanova remembers Octobers growing up in Arizona when it was too cold to trick-or-treat in a short-sleeved Halloween costume. She can't imagine that anymore. The summer heat lasts longer and feels more intense now, and she knows that is a result of human-caused global warming. She worries about her and her family's future. "We [...]
PHOENIX — After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix climbed back up to dangerously high temperatures last week, which could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants, too. Residents across the sprawling metro are finding the extended extreme heat has led to fried flora, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Drivers are in for another headache at the pump as gas prices around the nation continue to rise. The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon earlier this week — about 25 cents higher than that seen one month ago, according to motor club AAA. While today’s [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The largest dam removal project in the country’s history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won’t conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy machinery and explosives. In some ways, however, removing the dams is the easy part. The hard part will come [...]
MILAN (AP) — During Europe’s heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a week. A truck of rented generators blocked her door as they fed power to the central Roman neighborhood hit by a blackout as temperatures surged. The main culprit: air conditioning. The period — in which temperatures [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the country finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades. Median rent rose just 0.5 percent in June, year over year, after falling in May for the first time since the pandemic hit [...]