SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California carbon emissions are falling, but not fast enough to reach the state’s 2030 climate targets, according to data released Friday by the Air Resources Board. Leaders predicted that new and existing industry regulations would put the state on track.

CARB Executive Officer Steven Cliff said in a media briefing ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — As the country ramps up its stock of solar farms in the West, rural Nevada is bracing for impact. Especially so in one of the state’s most-strained water basins outside of Las Vegas.

Following the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s updated Western Solar Plan, some in Nye County’s Amargosa Desert wrapped in a bitter, ...Read more

Imagine this: You receive a warning about a raging wildfire near your home. The air won’t stop filling with acrid smoke, and the sky has turned from blue to an eerie orange.

Or this: You’ve heard about a massive coal ash spill a few hours from your home, and you have no idea how to respond.

Or this: You keep seeing headlines about melting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won't be making an impact.

Instead, it'll be what space enthusiasts have dubbed a mini-moon, and it will stick around to orbit our planet for roughly two months beginning Sept. 29.

But Earth's gravitational pull won't hold it for long. By Nov. 25, ...Read more

Peter Neff understands the allure of the world’s fifth-largest continent.

The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos and photos of his trips to Antarctica, where the glaciologist and climate scientist has spent days and weeks at a time collecting ice core samples. His work helps develop a record of past climate conditions and ...Read more

Tidal action on the underside of the Thwaites Glacier in the Antarctic will “inexorably” accelerate melting this century, according to new research by British and American scientists. The researchers warn the faster melting could destabilize the entire West Antarctic Ice sheet, leading to its eventual collapse.

The massive glacier — which...Read more

Major social media platforms and video streaming services that gather a "staggering" amount of data from its users have failed to protect young people and safeguard online privacy, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.

"These surveillance practices can endanger people's privacy, threaten their freedoms, and expose them to a host of harms,...Read more

ATLANTA — In September of 1838, Nancy Still filed a claim to recoup $820 she said was stolen from her after federal troops expelled her and other Cherokee Indians from their homes in what is now North Georgia. Forced to migrate west to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears, thousands of Cherokee died on the way.

“The troops compelled her to go and...Read more

Amazon launched a new AI-powered personal assistant for third-party vendors Thursday, one of many new features the company rolled out for its independent sellers this week.

The assistant, internally called Project Amelia, answers questions for sellers, offers advice and, down the line, will diagnose problems and take action.

Amazon has already...Read more

Apple Inc. has been warned by the European Union to open up its highly guarded iPhone and iPad operating systems to rival technologies, or eventually risk significant fines under its flagship digital antitrust rules.

EU watchdogs announced under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act that Apple must step into line with strict new laws on making ...Read more

Aru Shiney-Ajay’s awakening to the climate crisis began in her late teens. On visits to family in India, she watched in horror as loved ones endured one disaster after another: deadly floods in her parents’ home state of Kerala and record-shattering air pollution in Delhi among them.

“The climate crisis was not just something in the ...Read more

Pennsylvania wants to remain a manufacturing powerhouse. But state leaders also want to reduce climate change-causing emissions from steel mills and other industrial facilities, while cutting back the toxic pollutants that cause health problems in nearby neighborhoods.

Thanks to a nearly $400 million investment from the federal government, the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Are you noticing more rattlesnakes? It’s baby rattlesnake season in California.

The Golden State is home to eight species of rattlesnakes. The reptiles can be seen on hiking trails, rural roads and in even your backyard, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

The California Poison Control ...Read more

Rumors of the giant flying Joro spider, landing in New Jersey this summer never materialized in the Garden State. But they did land in Philly's backyard.

On Sept. 5, a Joro spider was found in Ivyland, Pa., a Bucks County borough nearly 30 miles north of Philadelphia, in the yard of someone's home. The sighting was confirmed by a site visit ...Read more

Lionsgate will work with artificial intelligence research company Runway to create and train a new artificial intelligence model customized to the “Hunger Games” and “John Wick” studio’s film and TV content, marking the AI company’s first collaboration with a Hollywood studio.

The model will generate cinematic video that can then be...Read more

Summer 2024 was officially the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest on record. In the United States, fierce heat waves seemed to hit somewhere almost every day.

Phoenix reached 100 degrees for more than 100 days straight. The 2024 Olympic Games started in the midst of a long-running heat wave in Europe that included the three hottest days ...Read more

Burn Lin knows the ins and outs of the tiny chips that power your phones, cars and gaming consoles, and he knows there aren't enough workers to keep up with skyrocketing demand.

The electrical engineer started his career at IBM in 1970, but eventually returned to his roots in Taiwan where his work helped turn the island democracy into the chip-...Read more

If you know anything about music, you’ve heard of Fender, the maker of guitars and amplifiers.

The Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster electric guitars have been revered since the 1950s, and their amplifiers are known for their pure sound, even after decades of use.

Fender has partnered with German speaker manufacturer Teufel (pronounced "toy...Read more

I almost threw away the mailing I got in mid-July from MNGI Digestive Health. I couldn’t remember ever patronizing the place. Must be more junk mail.

Then I remembered I’d recently written about MNGI and another Twin Cities medical firm, Consulting Radiologists. They had both been hacked, together exposing personal data of over 1 million ...Read more