New Mexico Oilfield Regulators Reach $1.8M Settlement with XTO August 24, 2022 State oil and gas regulators say they have reached a financial settlement with XTO Permian Operating to resolve violation notices...
Western Fires Outpace California’s Effort to Fill Inmate Crews August 23, 2022 By Don Thompson As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them – even...
Tanker in Yellowstone Spills Nearly 5,000 Gallons of Gasoline August 22, 2022 A tanker truck hauling gasoline in Yellowstone National Park rolled over and spilled an estimated 4,800 gallons, officials said. An...
Berkshire Unit Sued Over California’s Largest Wildfire of Season August 22, 2022 By Joel Rosenblatt A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unit was sued for allegedly causing California’s largest wildfire of the year, which killed four people...
Eastern Oregon Historic Flour Mill Destroyed in Fire August 17, 2022 A historic flour mill in northeast Oregon was destroyed in a fire. According to the Pendleton Police Department, the fire...
$12M in Emergency Funding for Death Valley Flood Repairs August 17, 2022 Nearly $12 million has been made available to the National Park Service to repair flood damage to roads in Death...
Pipeline Break Spills 45,000 Gallons of Diesel in Wyoming August 15, 2022 By Matthew Brown A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in two...
Oregon Ski Area Sued over Washington Child’s Death August 12, 2022 The parents of a 9-year-old child who died skiing at Mt. Bachelor ski area in central Oregon last year have...
Coastal Washington Tribe Builds Tsunami Refuge Tower August 11, 2022 There’s a new option to escape a tsunami for people on the southwest coast of Washington. The Shoalwater Bay Indian...
California’s Largest Wildfire Now 60% Contained August 10, 2022 California’s largest wildfire so far this year has so far burned more than 60,000 acres, but it is now 60%...