Tag: Deserts
California winds move south, may force new power outages
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hot, dry winds sweeping into Southern California raised concerns that the region's largest utility could widen power shut-offs Friday to...
California winds move south, may force new power outages
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hot, dry winds sweeping into Southern California raised concerns that the region's largest utility could widen power shutoffs Friday to...
Possible ‘Storm Area 51’ crowds worry Nevada desert towns
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for "Storm Area 51" are from Earth, not outer space.No one knows what...
Nevada desert towns prep for possible ‘Storm Area 51’ influx
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for "Storm Area 51" are from Earth, not outer space.No one knows what...
Construction on Arizona replacement border barrier begins
PHOENIX (AP) - Construction crews broke ground Thursday on a small portion of the $664 million border fence project in the Arizona desert that...
UN climate report: Change land use to avoid a hungry future
GENEVA (AP) - Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth's land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse,...
New UN warming report sees hungry future that can be avoided
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it counts: the stomach - not to mention the forests, plants and...
New UN warming report sees hungry future that can be avoided
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it counts: the stomach - not to mention the forests, plants and...
EPA official says Montana site suited for Superfund status
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal...
Paris sizzles, London boils as record heat threatens Europe
PARIS (AP) - Hot, hotter, hottest! Paris, London and points across Europe are bracing for record temperatures Thursday as the second heat wave this...
