Hurricane Matthew Forces Millions to Evacuate Along Southeast Coast October 7, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak Millions of people in the U.S. southeast were ordered to flee as Hurricane Matthew, set to become the strongest storm...
Following Two Days of Broken Western Heat Records Comes a Respite June 22, 2016 By Mark Chediak Residents of Southern California and the Southwest were looking for a break after some of the hottest weather in decades...
North Carolina Regulators Order Duke Energy to Close Coal Ash Ponds May 19, 2016 By Mark Chediak Duke Energy Corp. must clean up its coal-ash ponds in North Carolina by 2024 due to environmental and public health...
Sempra’s ‘Don’t Worry’ Be Gassy View on Leak Not Going over February 3, 2016 By Harry R. Weber and Mark Chediak Ever since one of its wells in California started spewing natural gas in October, Sempra Energy’s message to residents has...
Blizzard Heads Toward U.S. East; Airlines Cancel Flights January 22, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak A dangerous winter storm will bring snow by the foot to the U.S. mid-Atlantic, including Washington, threatening at least 50...
Emergency Declaration from California Governor for Sempra Gas Leak January 7, 2016 By Mark Chediak California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency to protect residents from natural gas that has been leaking from...
Southern California Spill Spewing Gases of a Half-Million Cars December 7, 2015 By Harry R. Weber and Mark Chediak Call it the invisible spill. You can’t see it, but it’s there – a steady stream of natural gas seeping...
California Regulators Order PG&E to Pay $1.6B for Deadly Gas Blast April 13, 2015 By Mark Chediak California regulators imposed the largest penalty in the agency’s history, ordering PG&E Corp. to pay $1.6 billion for failures that...
Duke Puts $10B Pricetag on North Carolina Coal-Ash Cleanup April 24, 2014 By Mark Chediak Duke Energy Corp. said the total tab for cleaning up its North Carolina coal-ash dumps may reach $10 billion amid...
Early California Wildfires Risk To Homes And Vineyards February 11, 2014 By Mark Chediak California’s worst drought in decades is feeding what may become a devastating wildfire season, one that is starting about five...