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The unprecedented wildfires sent thousands of families fleeing for temporary shelter with little to no belongings after entire communities within Los Angeles County were reduced to rubble. The Eaton Fire, which burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed over 9,400 structures, devastated Altadena, a middle-class town in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains on the […]
Trump’s order calls for the Interior secretary to “initiate additional leasing” and issue all permits and easements necessary for oil and gas exploration and development to occur. President Donald Trump’s expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new […]
The lobby of Shutters on the Beach, the luxury oceanfront hotel in Santa Monica that is usually abuzz with tourists and entertainment professionals, had by Thursday transformed into a refuge for Los Angeles residents displaced by the raging wildfires that have ripped through thousands of acres and leveled entire neighborhoods to ash. In the middle […]
No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday. Had any been received, bids were scheduled to be opened on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. That Interior agency was charged with managing the […]
Oil companies have been hesitant to pursue resources at Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in part because of high costs of development, and public relations challenges around drilling in a wildlife sanctuary. The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received […]
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! It was an apocalyptic scene that greeted Helga Tacreiter one morning in 1988 when she came out to feed the cows. Strewn across the field were dead cows on their backs, legs in […]
The frozen Canning River in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is seen in this undated photo. (Photo by Randy Brown/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The federal Bureau of Land Management finalized the restrictions on an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Monday, aimed at protecting wildlife and other environmental […]
The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said. The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago and laid what experts […]
For decades, Israel has been celebrated as a global innovation hub, dubbed the “Startup Nation” for its groundbreaking technology and medical advancements. But the events of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent bloody conflicts with Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have triggered a profound shift in the psyche of many Israelis. What began as a major […]
On Thursday, Drexel University student Laura Giannini was one of the participants. She said the program allows her a chance to be outside and connect with nature, she said. “I did this program last year, I was curious about hunting so I tried it out and felt like it was life changing,” Giannini said. “It’s […]