President Biden will dedicate two new national monuments protecting tribal lands in California on Tuesday, two sources with knowledge confirmed to The Hill. Biden will designate the Chuckwalla National Monument in southern California’s Colorado Desert near Joshua Tree National Park, as well as a second site, the Sáttítla National Monument, in the north of the...
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will “move aside” as it refocuses solely on space exploration. “All the climate science and all of the other priorities that the last administration had at NASA we're going to move aside, and all of the science that we do...
The impacts of climate change in central California's agriculture hub are causing such drastic increases in irrigation demands that annual water use over the past decade now matches the volume of the region’s biggest reservoir, a new study has found. California's San Joaquin Valley — among the most productive farming regions in the world — has in...
Millions got a rare look at the total solar eclipse Monday, as parts of North America went dark for the first time in seven years. The rare celestial phenomenon won’t happen again for the next few decades. The last solar eclipse took place in 2017, when then-President Trump and first lady Melania Trump viewed the...
The Trump administration will reverse a Biden-era approval of a major wind energy project — marking the latest in a string of anti-renewable moves by the Trump administration. In a press release, the Interior Department said it was “reversing the Biden administration’s misguided, last-minute push to approve the Lava Ridge Wind Project.” It did not...
The Senate has voted to confirm President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a group of nominees confirmed en masse. The Senate voted 51-47 on the entire bloc of 107 nominations, including the confirmation of Neil Jacobs as the under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Jacobs may...
Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, rebuffing concerns raised by state officials about potential contamination. California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) administration last week appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a bid...
Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced on Monday plans to identify federal lands where affordable housing could be built. Turner and Burgum will launch the Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing to find underutilized lands for residential development and to streamline the...
In the Indian state of Maharashtra, this savory breakfast known as pohé is a favorite. It features parched, flattened rice (also called pohé or poha) paired with onions, a medley of spices, and vegetables such as potatoes, green peas, cauliflower, or tomatoes.
Topped with a rosy pink buttercream and freeze-dried and fresh strawberries, these vanilla-scented cupcakes are light, tender, and speckled with fresh strawberries. They'd make a delightful contribution to a picnic, potluck, or special occasion.
With little more than puff pastry, creamy Brie cheese, a few roasted carrots, and a zippy honey-mustard drizzle, this tart makes for an easy, colorful, and crowd-pleasing appetizer.
This metal, web-shaped skimmer is a versatile utensil that excels at scooping, flipping, and draining all manner of foods, from dumplings to vegetables.
