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ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images/AFPDisaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates. -
Jens Meyer/APThe city is calling on residents and businesses to dim their lights to help migrating birds.
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Even when it's freezing and covered in snow, Minnesota's Sax-Zim Bog attracts birders from around the world. They flock there hoping to spot owls, hawks and rare songbirds that spend most of their time in northern Canada. -
The only lithium mine operating in the United States is in Nevada. But there are plans to open more to meet the demand for lithium-battery storage. -
Last year, U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly deleted several webpages containing mapping and data tools that helped farmers prepare for extreme weather.
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City officials say waiting to mow helps protect ground-nesting bees. -
Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it's not just big tech aligning the two parties. -
Many farmers have had to fallow land as a state law comes into effect limiting their access to water. There's now a push to develop some of that land … into solar farms. -
An enormous solar project is moving forward in California, on land that farmers have had to keep fallow as the state restricts over-pumping the aquifers used to irrigate crops.
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More than a year since Hurricane Helene devastated the Southeast, the region is dealing with a slow-moving, second disaster: mold.
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People are digging out more than a foot of snow from Maryland to Maine. -
Construction for the Transco gas pipeline project is expected to begin in March.
