WASHINGTON — Federal enforcement of polluters slumped in the first year of the second Trump administration, a new analysis of government data by a nonprofit watchdog group has found.

Compared with the first year of previous administrations, including Trump’s first term, the current administration has taken fewer polluters to court and ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Federal officials met in San Diego on Thursday to discuss the government’s response to the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis, with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expressing confidence in Mexico’s commitment to completing infrastructure projects aimed at ending years of cross-border pollution.

Speaking to reporters and ...Read more

A bill that would make oil and gas companies pay for rising insurance costs due to climate-related disasters was introduced this week in the California Legislature.

SB 982, the Affordable Insurance Recovery Act, would authorize California's attorney general to file civil litigation against fossil fuel companies to recover losses from climate-...Read more

Following major expansions to Spotify’s podcast branch, the audio streamer is turning its attention to its audiobooks.

The Sweden-based audio platform said it is focused on bolstering online book discovery and physical ownership. In a release Thursday morning, the company announced a technology called Page Match, where readers can switch ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California legislator wants the state to be able to sue oil companies to pay for costs from wildfires and other disasters.

The proposed bill from state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, aims to allow the attorney general to bring lawsuits for losses suffered by insurance policyholders and the California FAIR Plan, a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — An estimated 8,000 invasive green iguanas were removed from various Florida communities this week after a record-breaking freeze event that sent overnight temperatures down to the mid-30s for two nights in a row.

On Wednesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife and Conservation Commission released official numbers for its iguana ...Read more

SpaceX launched 26 missions from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A in 2025, including four human spaceflight missions. That era is coming to an end.

A massive crane has been put in place this week with speculation it will soon remove the crew access arm from the historic launch site that hosted most the Apollo and space shuttle missions ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A bald eagle found recently at a Kentucky state park with a gunshot wound will need to be euthanized, according to a Facebook post from Kentucky State Parks.

The eagle was found Monday at Lake Cumberland State Park in Russell County. The park said an employee spotted the eagle alongside the road, and other employees helped ...Read more

Inside a cancer research laboratory on the campus of Harvard Medical School, two dozen small jars with pink plastic lids sat on a metal counter. Inside these humble-looking jars is the core of Joan Brugge’s current multiyear research project.

Brugge lifted up one of the jars and gazed at it with reverence. Each jar holds samples of breast ...Read more

New data on China’s relentless energy installations underscore warnings from Elon Musk and Jensen Huang that the nation’s world-beating power network will deliver a major advantage over the U.S. in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.

Since 2021, China has added more power capacity across all energy technologies than the U.S. has ...Read more

Will artificial intelligence put me out of a job?

That’s the lingering fear some employees in the gaming industry are contemplating as rapidly evolving technology is deployed in workplaces across the globe, including in casino environments.

On the surface, the use of data, algorithms and computational power simulating cognitive functions ...Read more

CHICAGO — As sweeping changes to the federal Clean Water Act in recent years have weakened protections for wetlands, Illinois has become the first state in the nation to officially recognize a conservation tactic known as rewilding.

The Illinois Rewilding Law, which took effect last month, empowers the Illinois Department of Natural Resources...Read more

When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to thank staff for their contributions to the mission, saying “we stood on the shoulders of giants as we shot for the stars.”

More than 50 years later, NASA Langley researchers are making final preparations to do it ...Read more

Environmental groups and tribal communities submitted written comments to state water regulators this week reiterating that the proposed Bay-Delta water management plan weakens water protections and could open the door to ecosystem disaster.

During a three-day hearing last week, the tribal members warned that the plan would result in “...Read more

DENVER — A 3-year-old gray wolf died last week in northwestern Colorado after an attempt by state wildlife officers to capture it during a collaring operation.

The breeding male was part of the King Mountain Pack, one of four known wolf packs in the state, according to a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The pack formed last ...Read more

Apollo Global Management’s John Zito left the audience of investors stunned.

Addressing a gathering in Toronto last fall, he said that the real threat for private capital markets wasn’t tariffs, inflation or a prolonged period of elevated interest rates. Rather, he said, “the real risk is — is software dead?”

Zito’s comments, being...Read more

My wife is quite happy for me to be the gadget hound in our family.

She’s a reluctant adopter of technology, but she’s quite happy when I introduce her to something she really loves.

Every so often she’ll stake a claim on something I’m reviewing after she sees me trying it out, which was exactly the case of my unboxing the Gyroor ...Read more

The world is looking for more clean water. Intense storms and warmer weather have worsened droughts and reduced the amount of clean water underground and in rivers and lakes on the surface.

Under pressure to provide water for drinking and irrigation, people around the globe are trying to figure out how to save, conserve and reuse ...Read more

Safe portable charging isn’t optional; it’s essential. That is exactly what you get with BMX’s new SolidSafe portable power line featuring advanced magnetic solid-state battery packs built with safety at the core.

Inside each battery is what SolidSafe calls next-generation solid-state cells, not traditional lithium-ion batteries. ...Read more