West News Billions are Being Spent to Turn the Tide on the US West’s Wildfires. It Won’t Be Enough DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide... Read More
News Superfund Town’s Health Clinic Accused of Submitting False Asbestos Claims MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A major U.S. railroad found liable for spreading hazardous asbestos that killed hundreds of people in... Read More
Southeast News Plane Crash in Arkansas Lake Kills Pilot and Injures Passenger HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – A small airplane crashed and sank into Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton, not far from Hot Springs... Read More
West News Warming Causes More Extreme Rain, Not Snow, over Mountains and Scientists Say that’s a Problem A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like... Read More
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International News Solvay Reaches Nearly $393 Million PFAS Settlement with New Jersey BRUSSELS –– The U.S. branch of Belgian chemicals company Solvay has struck a nearly $393-million deal with the New Jersey... Read More
West News California Mushroom Farms Cited for Workplace Safety Violations After January Fatal Shootings California has cited two Northern California mushroom farms for health and safety violations and proposed more than $165,000 in potential... Read More
International News Oil Spill from Shell Pipeline Fouls Farms and a River in a Long-Polluted Part of Nigeria ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river,... Read More
West News US Push to Lower Wildfire Risk Across the West Stumbles in Places DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide... Read More
News States Clamp Down on Freight Trains, Fearing Derailments and Federal Gridlock HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own... Read More