A new study underscored the urgent need for policies to drive down emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, showing the public health effects are costing billions of dollars. The research estimated in 2016, in the U.S. .
Montana has dispatched emergency crews to help fight raging wildfires north of its border, under an agreement allowing northern U.S. states and southern Canadian provinces to work together to battle wildland blazes. It is the first time this season the Northwest Compact has been used, but there is precedent for Canadian crews doing the same for the U.S. .
By Carey L. Biron for Context.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for Virginia News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration To hear Emil King tell it, the benefits of the 8,000-odd solar panels shimmering before him on an industrial lot in Washington D.C. .
To hear Emil King tell it, the benefits of the 8,000-odd solar panels shimmering before him on an industrial lot in Washington DC go far beyond helping the US capital city fight climate change. The city-administered solar park was built on polluted land that had become an eyesore, and the power it produces has been used to halve the