Tag: environment
Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere
WASHINGTON – With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources...
Arkansas Hosts the Planet’s Only Public Diamond Mine
The diamonds formed under extreme pressure and heat deep in the Earth’s mantle. If you find one, it will most likely look like a...
As hurricane season collides with immigration agenda, fears increase for those without legal status
If a major hurricane approaches Central Florida this season, Maria knows it's dangerous to stay inside her wooden, trailer-like home. In past storms, she...
FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address
The changes to survivor signup have been made inside the program that the agency uses to manage disaster aid applications and pay out survivors,...
Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution
A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan while some visitors face potential prosecution for alleged violations...
An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Been Discovered in the Grand Canyon
About 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of...
The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel
Esteban Amaro, director of the Quintana Roo Sargassum Monitoring Network, agrees that fuel is the best product to focus on. Processing the seaweed into...
Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service
WASHINGTON – A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the...
U.S. will build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry
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Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic
An image from the study illustrating how plastic bottles reach Latin American Pacific coasts.
Illustration: Garcés-Ordóñez et al. (2025) (CC BY 4.0)The scientists found that,...
