3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (566+ words) The summit could help turn a record-setting heat problem into a regional plan centered on safer homes and smarter design. After enduring a punishing stretch of triple-digit temperatures, Palm Springs is preparing to host its inaugural Extreme Heat Summit on…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (622+ words) A board's opposition is not a final denial unless it controls the remaining approvals the project still needs. A packed meeting room and an overflow crowd outside showed that many North Coventry residents do not want a small data center…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (555+ words) In many instances, ice storms can be even more disruptive than snowstorms. A powerful El Niño developing over the Pacific Ocean is raising weather concerns around the world, including in faraway New England. Despite being thousands of miles from the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (368+ words) "Could've played left tackle on Creek High's football team." A 10-foot alligator was found in the canal beside Coconut Creek High School in South Florida just three days before class was scheduled to resume. According to WPBF, the gapltor was…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (665+ words) The savings picture is not always straightforward, though. An enormous clean energy resource may be sitting unused above North Carolina's classrooms. WRAL reported that a new analysis found public school rooftops across the state could produce enough electricity each year…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (536+ words) Sightings in some places have surged by 219%. Colorado's late-summer spike in bear activity has also reached Boulder County: a cub ended up in a tree and was later rescued, tagged, and relocated by wildlife officials. The cub was tagged and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (824+ words) "We work very, very hard to keep this a rat-free island." For decades, the Pribilof Islands in Alaska have barred dogs to protect the world's largest concentration of northern fur seals. That long-standing policy remains intact, but federal officials created…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (696+ words) "Making a bear uncomfortable around humans with lights and sounds reinforces that good, healthy fear." Colorado's 2026 drought is reshaping wildlife behavior as well as the landscape while also worsening wildfire conditions. As natural food becomes harder to find and human…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (549+ words) About 24% showed methane at unsafe levels that created explosion risks. Hundreds of long-shuttered landfill sites in North Carolina still have not been investigated under a state program designed to review them, including locations near homes, schools, and daycare centers. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (443+ words) "We watched tadpoles and frogs and turtles get buried." A stormwater basin in Albuquerque, New Mexico, became a makeshift habitat for frogs, turtles, and even beavers. That is until maintenance crews nearly turned the spot deadly, neighbors claim. Albuquerque animal…...