A mix of rain and smoke from the nearby Line Fire creates a heavy stew of air pollution this September over San Bernardino, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images The more researchers learn ...

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A crowd of about 40 people followed the kids into a small snow-covered park. Everyone gathered around the stage, where Mayor Lenise Peterman read a proclamation from Gov. Spencer Cox declaring Helper ...

Lake Powell and Lake Mead remain historically low, but modeling shows risk of crisis levels has lessened over the next three years.

A salmon on the Klamath River is captured just downstream from Wards Canyon, California, to have a radio-tag device attached to its fin on its way upstream. This device will transmit location data ...

“2024 felt like the year where all the pieces finally came together,” said Rachael Hamby, policy director for the Center for Western Priorities, a nonprofit that advocates for clean energy and ...

In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, can’t find enough people to fill the estimated 350 jobs needed to staff it.

The Yakama Nation contends that the project, which threatens ceremonial sites and wildlife habitat, is unlawful.