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California suffered devastating wildfires in 2018. But cities and counties are still allowing subdivisions to stretch out into the suburban edges with the highest risks of wildfire.

New York is celebrating a solar energy milestone as it continues to work toward its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85 percent by 2050.

More than three dozen SUNY ESF students completed their certification as wildland firefighters. They rotated through five stations in full firefighting gear to demonstrate their proficiency with wildfire fighting operations, including engines, pumps, tools, and shelters.

Tobias Buckell has written a thriller called Arctic Rising. Set in a period after global warming has opened the polar region to smugglers, drug traffickers and other illegal pursuits, the book is a fast paced thriller. Alan Cheuse, who teaches writing at George Mason University, thinks readers should receive it warmly.

Lack of demand from a weak global economy is partly to blame for Suntech's troubles. But China's state-driven model of capitalism is sparking overproduction, analysts say, and several Chinese solar companies are fighting for survival.

The winner of the Dairy State's Democratic gubernatorial primary will face Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election June 5. After he took office last winter, Walker and fellow Republicans in the Legislature pushed through a law limiting collective bargaining rights, and the state has been on fire politically ever since.

Water wells and streams in Leroy Township, Pa., have been bubbling up with methane gas in the past few months. The state's Department of Environmental Protection blames nearby natural gas fracking operations. A local well operator has installed water filters for residents and says the problem has been fixed.

The city hopes to secure a $20 million EPA grant that aims to reduce single-use vehicular traffic.

A fire at a bio lab in Georgia recently is raising questions about whether a chemical that escaped and forced evacuations should face tougher regulations from the EPA.

Privatized U.K. water utilities have failed to upgrade Victorian plumbing, and 75% of U.K. rivers now contain unsafe levels of raw sewage. A group of athlete-activists are lobbying for change.