Environment

More houses are being built in wildfire-prone areas. Los Angeles has a plan to stop

4:05am January 30, 2025

by Lauren Sommer

Before the wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes, Altadena was already debating a tense question: should new housing be built in places that could burn?

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Months after Georgia chemical plant fire, residents still grapple with health issues

4:20am January 29, 2025

A chemical plant fire near Atlanta last fall released a toxic plume that disrupted the lives of nearby residents. Many still experience health problems and don't know what was released in the plume.

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Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires

4:00am January 29, 2025

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out how climate change played a role in the disaster.

Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

12:24am January 29, 2025

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

Syria's new government is trying to rebuild. First it must keep the lights on

4:58pm January 28, 2025

by Emily Feng

Syria's new de facto government faces a host of challenges. One of its most pressing is also one of its most basic: keeping the lights on.

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This shark pup was born in a habitat without any males. How did that happen?

12:19pm January 28, 2025

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two possible explanations — and hopes to get confirmation in the coming months.

A warning sign posted above the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2024.

Federal regulatory agency expedites next steps in Transco pipeline expansion in the Triad

5:00am January 28, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Environmental advocacy groups are concerned about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to forego an in-depth impact study for the proposed Transco natural gas pipeline expansion.

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The last of the escaped South Carolina lab monkeys have been recovered

3:55pm January 27, 2025

The female rhesus macaques staged an escape from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in South Carolina last year.

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Giant iceberg is on a collision course with island home to seals and penguins

4:21am January 27, 2025

The world's biggest iceberg, known A23a, is on a collision course with a tiny island in the South Atlantic, which is home to millions of seals and nearly half the world's population of king penguins.

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How did the newt cross the road? With the help of the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade!

10:38am January 26, 2025

In northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.

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