Severe Drought, Worsened by Climate Change, Ravages the American West
Heat and shifting weather patterns have intensified wildfires and sharply reduced water supplies across the Southwest, the Pacific Coast and North Dakota.
As the Climate Warms, Could the U.S. Face Another Dust Bowl?
Growing up in rural Iowa in the 1990s, Isaac Larsen remembers a unique herald of springtime. The snowbanks piled along roads, once white or gray,...
Gov. Doug Burgum calls for North Dakota to be carbon neutral by 2030
Speaking to oil industry operators and executives, Gov. Doug Burgum announced a goal Wednesday, May 12, to get North Dakota to carbon neutrality by 2030...
Federal Gov’t calls on N.D. lignite to answer domestic supply shortage of critical minerals
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $1.5 million to the University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) to support the production...
North Dakota lawmakers throw lifelines to the coal industry
Preserving North Dakota's declining coal industry was a priority mission for state lawmakers when they arrived in Bismarck on Jan. 5, and in the months...
Global warming perceptions by state: Most Americans accept human fault
It's been more than 50 years since the words "Earth Day" entered the country's environmental lexicon, and polling data show there is an increasing understanding...
North Dakota governor approves fund for cleaner energy projects
The creation of a fund overseen by a newly formed Clean Sustainable Energy Authority is part of broader efforts by North Dakota officials to respond...
Study: Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in US West
Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according...