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Wave energy testing site opens off Oregon

The first large site in the continental U.S. for testing technologies that generate electricity from ocean waves is now open after securing a key green-energy approval from the Trump administration. The federal approval is notable because President Donald Trump has created massive hurdles for clean energy, particularly offshore wind. His government has implemented policies that slow energy permitting and development, canceled billions in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects and spent nearly $4 billion to buy back leases to stop offshore wind projects. But Trump officials see ...

Study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change. El Ninos are more than 36% stronger than they were before the industrial age began in the mid 1800s, with a 16% jump in just the last 40 years showing that the increase is accelerating, according to a study in Thursday's journal Science. The findings come as a strong El Nino that formed a couple months ago is forecast to be the biggest on record in coming months. El Ninos, ...

Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The change, which the president said takes effect “immediately,” comes after the president toyed with the idea amid trade tensions with Canada. Lake America, formerly Lake Ontario, is one of four Great Lakes bordering Canada, with Lake Michigan the only one surrounded by U.S. states. On Tuesday, the president wrote on Truth Social that he was “giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing ...

Heat makes emergency rooms busier

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the temperature heats up, so do emergency rooms, according to a massive study of Chicago hospital and urgent care records, which found increased accidental gunshot wounds, kidney complaints, skin problems, varicose veins and even mental health issues related to marijuana use. Northwestern University medical school researchers pored through records of 916,404 visits to hospital emergency rooms and urgent care centers in Chicago from 2011 to 2023 to see if they could spot trends in illnesses and injuries when the temperature hits 92.6 degrees (33.7 degrees ...

The next Atlantic storm will be named Dolly

MIAMI (AP) — The next tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic this hurricane season will be named Dolly, but the timing is pure coincidence and has no connection to Dolly Parton's death Tuesday. Storm systems are named by procedures set by the World Meteorological Organization, and the lists of names are reused every six years. For the Atlantic region, the lists are alphabetical and alternate male and female names. This season started with Tropical Storm Arthur coming ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast in June, and Tropical Storm Bertha dumped rain in Louisiana and Texas in July. ...

Wall Street holds mostly steady following update on inflation

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading Wednesday after a report said inflation was a touch worse last month than economists expected. Yields in the bond market, home to some of Wall Street's biggest recent worries, edged higher following the data. The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1% and remains near its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 113 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%. Stocks made relatively few big moves ahead of the latest earnings report from the market's most ...