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The Santa Ana winds are spreading catastrophic blazes this week through Southern California. The dry, relentless east-to-west winds haunt the region each fall, terrifying homeowners and firefighters alike. "A wind-driven fire is like a freight train," Cal Fire's Daniel Berlant says, "and stopping a freight train on a dime doesn't happen."

A volcano in Iceland that has been dormant almost 300 years has scientists worried.

A Norwegian artist has created a macabre display of reindeer skulls to protest the government's reindeer culling policy.

Another three empty North Korean boats washed up on Japan's western shores today, a now-common sight that could indicate growing food shortages and economic turmoil in the world's most insulated country.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) has tapped three people with deep ties to the agriculture industry for positions on a state board that regulates water pollution. The commission will now have a majority of members with farm-friendly views when it weighs permit approvals for factory farms.

Xcel Energy Inc. will pay Boulder, Colo., $3.6 million in a settlement related to contamination from a coal gasification plant.

Ford Motor Co. plans to make electric cars at its plant in Cuautitlán, Mexico, with production starting in 2020.

U.S. energy storage capacity grew by 41.8 megawatts in the third quarter, according to a new report, a 46 percent boost driven primarily by one large project in Texas.

General Electric Co. announced today that it will slash 12,000 jobs in the power division globally.

The unscrupulous business practices of two companies are making rooftop solar a "risky bet," according to a report released this morning from Campaign for Accountability, a government watchdog group.

Idaho environmental officials are fighting a federal court ruling ordering them to destroy data collected illegally from wildlife tracking collars.

A coalition of environmental groups today sued the U.S. Chemical Safety Board in a bid to force the agency to increase transparency about accidental chemical releases.

A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Volkswagen AG executive to seven years in prison for his role in the German automaker's scheme to deceive U.S. regulators over the emissions of its diesel vehicles.

A hunter has captured and killed a 17-foot-1-inch-long Burmese python in the Florida Everglades.

A Virginia chicken farm that provided poultry to Tyson Foods Inc. fired 10 employees Tuesday after video taken by an animal rights organization seemed to show workers beating and torturing the birds.

Fears of unprecedented winds eased today in wildfire-struck Southern California, but not before millions of people got an unusual warning on their phones.

President Trump's pick to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission has come under fire for ties to industry and a history of seldom charging violators.

President Trump can redeem his contrarian stance on climate change by signing the annual defense authorization bill, which includes a provision acknowledging the threat of global warming, two former intelligence officials wrote in an op-ed Tuesday.

Sam Adams abruptly left his role as U.S. director of the World Resources Institute environmental think tank last week.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has a new leader.

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