Nevada’s solar boom could be hampered by too much direct oversight from the Interior Department, the governor told the Trump administration in a letter Monday.

Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, raised concerns about a July 15 memo that requires Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to directly sign off on every step of solar and wind development on ...Read more

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week the Trump administration plans to review and potentially alter the nation’s climate science reports.

In a Tuesday appearance on CNN’s The Source, Wright told CNN host Kaitlan Collins the National Climate Assessments have been removed from government websites “because we’re reviewing ...Read more

The California Supreme Court sided with environmental groups in a Thursday ruling, saying that state lawyers were wrong in their claim that the Public Utilities Commission’s decision to slash rooftop solar incentives could not be challenged.

The unanimous decision sends the case brought by the three groups back to the appeals court.

The ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A controversial overhaul of rooftop solar regulations instituted more than two years ago by the California Public Utilities Commission will get another look after the state Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a trio of environmental organizations.

The highest court sent the third iteration of the state’s net energy metering ...Read more

Chipmaker Intel is the latest tech company facing political pressure from President Trump.

On Thursday, Trump called for the immediate resignation of Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan, who took the helm in March to turn around the beleaguered chipmaker.

“The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other ...Read more

Picture this: you work in a warehouse and need to bring a part to the other side of the building. The floor of the warehouse is marked with pedestrian pathways for safety, but you see a shortcut and decide to take it — without looking both ways.

Suddenly, the perspective flips and through a headset you see the image of your virtual avatar ...Read more

SpaceX was not one of Amazon’s original choices to fly up its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites, but Elon Musk’s company is about to knock out its second launch in less than a month for the company that seeks to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 more of the satellites scrubbed a Thursday attempt, but...Read more

SAVANNAH, Ga. ― The horse-drawn tour carriage rounded Oglethorpe Square late on a sweltering June morning as City Manager Jay Melder crafted a memo about the National Weather Service’s first heat advisory of the year.

Alderman Nick Palumbo, sitting next to Melder in a meeting room with windows overlooking the picturesque square, nudged his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At a construction site along the Los Angeles River, just south of where four freeways converge in Vernon, a crane hoisted a set of massive white pipes into the air on a recent weekday morning.

The pipes will eventually be connected to fuel dispensers where they will serve as storage vessels for hydrogen — a growing yet ...Read more

Apple Inc. committed to spending another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing ahead of an event with President Donald Trump, marking the latest pledge by the tech giant to increase U.S. production as it seeks to avoid punishing tariffs on its flagship iPhones.

As part of what it calls the American Manufacturing Program, or AMP, Apple promised...Read more

I’ve reviewed more than a few projectors over the years. Some are made for meetings in a conference room, and some are made for watching movies in your home theater room. Some are made very small for carrying around in a travel bag, and some are quite large.

Some are expensive and some are more affordable.

Today we are looking at a very ...Read more

DENVER — One of the wolves being tracked by Colorado researchers was found dead in Wyoming in late July, state officials announced Wednesday.

A female gray wolf, identified by Colorado Parks and Wildlife as wolf 2304, was part of a group of wolves captured in Oregon and moved to Colorado in December 2023, according to a news release from the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. – Barry “Butch” Wilmore has flown on the space shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, Boeing’s Starliner and a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

After 25 years with NASA and 464 days in space, he’s calling it a career, the agency announced Wednesday.

A retired U.S. Navy captain, the 62-year-old Wilmore was chosen as an astronaut candidate in 2000...Read more

Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding with unethical editors to attain the prestige that comes with publication, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Large groups of editors and authors appear to have cooperated ...Read more

President Donald Trump plans to announce that Apple Inc. will commit to spending another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing, the latest pledge by the tech giant to increase U.S. production of its products as it seeks to avoid punishing tariffs on its flagship iPhones.

The announcement at the White House on Wednesday includes a new ...Read more

Most of the time I find my column topics from reader interactions or by talking to my friends or colleagues about their issues.

Today we’ll talk about an issue I came across, and it could help you.

My wife and I usually spend one weekend per month at my mother-in-law’s house, which is about 100 miles from where we live.

Since we stream ...Read more

Duracell's 3000 Lumens Solar Lantern gets power from solar charging, USB-C charging of the internal rechargeable battery or from four alkaline D batteries (not included).

The versatile and portable (5.35 by 5.0 by 10.1 inches) light is ideal for camping or backyard adventures. Once it's on, there are power beam settings, with choices of high,...Read more

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside.

"I'm not talking about a little blue," said Burton, owner of Urban Trapping Wildlife Control. "I'm talking about neon blue, blueberry blue."

Burton immediately ...Read more

A “shiny” fossil found in an Alabama creek has been identified as the tooth of a large dinosaur that doesn’t quite belong at the site, experts say.

Hadrosaurs were land-dwellers, but the tooth surfaced in a spot that was underwater during the age of dinosaurs, according to the Alabama Museum of Natural History.

The tooth was discovered ...Read more

Artificial intelligence is giving some climate research projects a much-needed boost at a time of worsening extreme weather and funding cuts that threaten science in the U.S. and elsewhere.

While generative AI faces criticism due to the large amounts of power required to train and run sophisticated models, it also holds the promise of ...Read more