Climate Change
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
New Maryland heat standards aim to protect summer workers
As the hot summer months begin, Maryland workers will operate on new standards to protect them from extreme heat. The heat standards took effect in …
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Survey: 81% of Wyomingites think state should plan for water supply shifts
Wyomingites are split on what is causing climate change, but 86% of residents in the state agree it is happening, according to a new survey. Kristen …
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Fast-track energy plan could bypass rural IN
Indiana's rural communities could lose out under a new federal bill aimed at speeding up clean energy development. What Republicans are calling the …
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Battle brews in Michigan over methane deregulation bills
More than 20 groups are urging Michigan lawmakers to reject two bills they say would turn the state's farmland and rural towns into dumping grounds fo…
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
TX family transitions from growing chickens to growing hemp
An east Texas farming family is reaping the benefits after transitioning from industrial chicken farming to growing hemp. For 30 years, the Halley …
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
WV law changes standards for plugging abandoned oil wells
There are more than 20,000 abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across West Virginia, putting communities at risk for water contamination and …
New climate change research: People can't fight it alone
By Jessica Scott-Reid for Sentient.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service C…
Federal tax credits for NM's EV owners face elimination
Supporters of electric vehicles in New Mexico cite a number of advantages to owning one, but 2026 budget negotiations underway in Washington include …
FL emergency managers prep for hurricane season amid FEMA uncertainty
As Florida emergency response officials conduct their annual statewide hurricane preparedness exercise this week, emergency managers are grappling …
IRA cuts would remove $1.58 billion from two Republican-led CO districts
Congress is set to claw back $6.5 billion in climate-related Inflation Reduction Act investments to help pay for the Trump administration's priorities…
Tornado strikes Kentucky, leaving at least 18 dead
After a devastating tornado ripped through southeastern Kentucky last Friday and Saturday, Gov. Andy Beshear asked for a federal disaster declaration …
AR farmers, ranchers tout benefits of federal conservation programs
A new poll shows Arkansas farmers and ranchers believe they benefit from voluntary conservation programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture…