December 10, 2017 The Latest: Officials urge Santa Barbara residents to flee The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): Noon Officials say smoke from wind-whipped wildfires is causing unhealthy air for large swaths of Southern California.
November 11, 2017 United Airlines suspends flights to New Delhi over toxic air The airline has suspended flights to, through and from New Delhi as toxic smog enshrouds India's capital city.
November 10, 2017 Clearing ruins launches new phase in California fire cleanup Rumbling bulldozers and front-loaders have started scraping up the ash, charred wood and crumbled bricks and concrete left from thousands of homes and buildings destroyed by blazes in California wine country, launching a new phase in the largest wildfire cleanup in state history.
October 13, 2017 Wildfires create worst air quality in San Francisco Bay Area Smoke from the wildfires north of San Francisco has sank air quality level in the Bay Area to the same unhealthy level as some of China's smog-choked cities, sending people to emergency rooms, forcing schools to close and people to wear masks when they step outside.
October 10, 2017 Smoke, ash from wildfires blanket California cities Millions of Californians on Tuesday saw their lawns covered in ash and air filled with smoke as firefighters battled ferocious wildfires in the northern and southern parts of the state.
September 26, 2017 Utah sues over massive, multistate 2015 mine waste spill The state of Utah has sued mine owners and contractors for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a spill of mine waste that fouled rivers in three Western states with a massive plume of bright-yellow wastewater tainted with arsenic, lead and other heavy metals.
September 26, 2017 Residents of smoke-choked Montana town advised to leave Montana health officials are warning residents of a town choked by smoke from a nearby wildfire that the air pollution there is so bad at certain times of the day that everybody should leave.
September 25, 2017 Evacuation orders affect hundreds in California, Oregon About 600 residents are under evacuation orders in a prime eclipse-viewing location in Oregon threatened by a wildfire that has closed access to part of a wilderness area and a regional highway.
September 25, 2017 Wildfire forces half of popular Montana town to evacuate Authorities in Montana ordered the evacuation of nearly 600 homes after a fire burning on a mountain ridge suddenly changed direction and threatened a popular destination for boaters, anglers and hikers.
September 19, 2017 Plant explosions, spills test industry's response to Harvey Explosions that rocked a Texas chemical plant inundated by Harvey's floodwaters are raising questions about the adequacy of industry preparations for the monster storm.
