The Trump administration plans to repeal the landmark 2009 legal finding that climate change poses a threat to the public this week, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday. “On Thursday, President Trump will be joined by [Environmental Protection Agency] Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the rescission of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,” Leavitt said during a...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The third storm in just over a week drenched Southern California on Friday and prompted some local flooding but caused no major widespread damage before heading east into the mountains and south toward Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. The series of storms put Southern California on track for near-record November rainfall, the...
Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning, no time to run—just the rumbles of an earthquake, the thunder of a mountainside collapsing, and then, a wave unlike any other.
A major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the second such ruling in the wake of the Trump administration’s latest attempt to block these projects. Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, granted a preliminary injunction allowing Empire Wind to keep building. The project, which would supply power to New York,...
A revised plan from Senate Republicans would sell off as much as 1.2 million acres of publicly owned lands, according to legislative text obtained by The Hill. The updated text would require the sales of between 0.25 and 0.5 percent of the 245 million acres currently owned by the Bureau of Land Management, or between...
The Trump administration formally announced Thursday that it planned to expand drilling in the Arctic, including in the contentious Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department said that it would take steps toward opening up the entire 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Drilling in the...
A Yale University poll from earlier this month says most Americans see climate change as playing a role in hurting prices and the cost of living. Pollsters found that 65 percent of respondents believe climate change is contributing to rising costs at least "a little." This includes 88 percent of liberal Democrats and 77 percent...
We used the Ninja Thirsti for over a month, timing how long it took to make seltzer and tasting the results. It's fast, easy to use, and lets you customize flavors.
We tested martini glasses by serving martinis and daiquiris in them. We noted how well they kept drinks cold, if they were balanced, and if they were pleasant to sip from.
Sweet potatoes fries are notoriously floppy, mushy, and soggy. But our recipe incorporates a secret technique that yields crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside results.
