Environment News

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The hot and dry weather is likely to to continue for at least the next week across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, according to Natural Resources Canada.

Plumes of smoke are blanketing large swaths of the U.S. and parts of Europe , which presents risks for those breathing it. The Midwest, Northeast and Great Lakes regions of the U.S.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires worsened air quality in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal government.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's power utility has begun the process to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and industries.

CALISTOGA, Calif. (AP) — For residents of this quaint tourist town on the northern edge of Napa Valley, the threat of wildfire is seldom out of mind.

SHAMROCK, Texas (AP) — As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation's midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation's costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: Hail.

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman knew something wasn't right.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon has resigned after just months in the role, citing staffing cuts that he called unsustainable and damaging.

DALLAS (AP) — One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S.