Environment

At least 11 people in Phoenix were hospitalized with heat exhaustion, officials said.
Kathy Hochul has a history of bowing to pressure on major policies. But her "shocking" last-minute reversal on congestion pricing has advocates asking: Why now?
By Wednesday afternoon, much of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona will see “easily their hottest” weather since last September.
A climate group is running 30-second spots in Michigan and Wisconsin promoting the Inflation Reduction Act.
The former president's denial of climate change hit a new low in an interview with Fox News.
Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, says it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs.
“For us, getting to work with all these communities — it felt like, ‘Oh, this is what we should have been doing all along,'" says one Portland Fruit Tree Project member.
A spokeswoman said that "the mayor prides himself on keeping his property clean. He will review the summons and follow all standard procedures.”
Charlotte the stingray has a rare reproductive disease.that has negatively impacted her reproductive system, aquarium officials said.
The killings ended a long-running standoff between state wildlife officials and a veteran game rancher.