May 20, 2018 Faster-moving Hawaii lava gushes into sea, spews new danger In the weeks since Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began erupting, dozens of homes have burned from oozing lava, people have fled their homes and plumes of steam from the summit have shot skyward, prompting officials to distribute face masks to protect against ash particles.
May 14, 2018 The Latest: New fissure in Hawaii, lava flows toward ocean The Latest on the eruption of Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii (all times local): 8:15 a.m.
May 7, 2018 Outlook for vital Southwestern US river remains grim Forecasters say this year's outlook for the most important river in the Southwestern U.S. remains grim.
May 3, 2018 Florida school on lockdown when mama bear, 3 cubs visit A Florida school went into lockdown mode when a mama bear and her three cubs wandered onto campus.
May 1, 2018 Kansas experiences earthquake increase in April Geologists are blaming a spate of small Kansas earthquakes on an underground pressure wave that is slowly creeping northward from the Oklahoma border region.
April 23, 2018 Michigan water activist, 6 others win environmental prize A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint, Michigan, is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism.
April 18, 2018 Feud erupts between utility, US states over Colorado River Tension over the drought-stressed Colorado River escalated into a public feud when four U.S. states accused Arizona's largest water provider of manipulating supply and demand, potentially threatening millions of people in the United States and Mexico who rely on the river.
April 9, 2018 Oklahoma orders cut in water injection after earthquakes Earthquakes are rattling part of northwest Oklahoma where more than a dozen temblors have struck since Friday.
April 9, 2018 Red tide outbreak killing fish off Florida Gulf Coast An outbreak of red tide is killing fish off the southwest Florida coast.
April 6, 2018 Rain shuts Yosemite, threatens problems at tallest US dam Northern California is bracing for a major spring storm that is expected to dump several inches of rain on burn-scarred areas of wine country and could present the first test of the partially repaired spillway at the nation's tallest dam.