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Stargazers' delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution in New Mexico win praise

Stargazers' delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution in New Mexico win praise

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that obscures night skies worldwide are recognizing efforts by an oil and natural gas developer to reduce scattered light in New Mexico.

Puerto Rico's new governor appoints an energy czar to tackle the island's power crisis

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor appointed a so-called energy czar on Wednesday to help pull the U.S. territory out of a power-supply crisis.
Monstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening the health of millions

Monstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening the health of millions

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories across a vast stretch of Southern California.
It's not really the right time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?

It's not really the right time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?

Southern California is experiencing it’s most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner.

Approaching winter weather cancels North Carolina inauguration ceremony

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's public inauguration ceremony scheduled for Saturday for new Gov.
Fire hydrants ran dry in California, highlighting a major problem in firefighting

Fire hydrants ran dry in California, highlighting a major problem in firefighting

For some 15 hours as wildfires spiraled out of control in Los Angeles, the public water system faced four times its usual demand, causing some hydrants to run dry and hindering the fight against the flames, local water officials said Wednesday.
Stargazers' delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution win praise

Stargazers' delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution win praise

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that are obscuring night skies worldwide are recognizing efforts by an oil and natural gas developer to reduce scattered light in New Mexico.
The polar vortex readies to dump snow on Texas and its neighbors

The polar vortex readies to dump snow on Texas and its neighbors

DALLAS (AP) — An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the expected arrival of freezing rain and snow, as some other parts of the country that already received an arctic blast this week prepared to go another round with the plu
A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids

A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S.

US will keep protecting more than 2,000 Rocky Mountain grizzly bears

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain states despite objections from Republican-led states, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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