A fast-moving, rapidly growing wildfire erupted Saturday and expanded to more than 7,000 acres in northwest Boulder County, Colo., prompting the evacuation of at least 2,000 homes and sending hikers and campers fleeing to safety.
Global methane emissions rose 32 percent this year, a study found, and the European Union said it would aim to reduce methane releases in the oil and gas industry. Methane accounts for a quarter of global warming emissions from human activities.
The unrelenting and unprecedented heat that scorched Phoenix all summer, setting countless records, has carried over into the fall. Now it is poised to set another blistering milestone: the most 100-degree days ever observed in a calendar year.
Six weeks after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Delta crashed through. For some, seedy hotels and a seemingly endless wait for FEMA add to a disastrous 2020.
Hunter-donated meat provides crucial protein to US food banks. But an EHN investigation found a lack of oversight that could result in potentially hundreds of thousands of lead-contaminated meals this year.
An expanding wood pellet market in the Southeast has fallen short of climate and job goals—instead bringing air pollution, noise and reduced biodiversity in majority Black communities.
