Environmental groups and industry leaders alike say the state’s new rules create major problems and uncertainty.
America’s power transmission system has vast unused capacity. Optimizing it can make it much more efficient without requiring costly new infrastructure. Virginia policymakers are showing the way.
Updated rules permit some plants within a five-foot buffer of homes in fire-prone areas. Residents have accepted the rules after months of pushback on the old regulations.
Frequent and costly disasters are driving up premiums and leaving many properties uninsured or underinsured.
Home insurance is so expensive that many Americans want it to be optional.
Rain falling on deep snowpack is accelerating runoff and straining dams not designed for today’s climate extremes.
State officials estimate $174 billion is needed over the next 50 years as drought and demand strain supplies.
A sweeping reorganization shifts authority closer to states, but limited details and staffing cuts are raising concerns.
State officials and partners are deploying sensors to improve tracking of pollution, especially during wildfire season.
Officials are exploring federal funding and new testing efforts as parents demand faster cleanup of unsafe park conditions.
“Forever chemicals” are on the radar of both federal and state legislators, but states appear to be pushing harder to get them out of consumer products and the environment.
Lawmakers are targeting development in fire-prone areas and investing more in mitigation as wildfire risk intensifies.
Sensors, drones and air-blast systems are helping officials detect risks earlier and reduce dangers in high-risk areas.
A little-used state program is enabling landowners to set aside water for ecosystems in a system built on strong private property rights.
xAI will keep its Colossus supercomputer cool with wastewater, leaving the drinking supply to support human intelligence.
Corpus Christi leaders say a water emergency could arrive within months, with shortages potentially disrupting major industries and fuel distribution.
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