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Extreme Weather

Georgia’s most destructive wildfire in history has now topped 50,000 acres with no containment in sight

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

62% of the US is in drought after the driest spring in decades — and wildfire season hasn’t peaked yet

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Southeast drought has burned 170,000 acres across Georgia and Florida — and Hurricane Helene’s dead trees are still fueling it

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Severe weather threat builds across the Plains this week as forecasters warn May could be the most active tornado month in years

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Southeast wildfires have now scorched 170,000 acres as 62% of the US sits in drought

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

AI data centers will need 130% more energy by 2030 — and Big Tech is partnering with nuclear plants to get it

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Commonwealth Fusion installs first of 18 magnets in SPARC reactor — first plasma energy targeted for 2027

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

TerraPower gets final NRC approval and breaks ground on sodium-cooled reactor in Wyoming — online by 2031 to power 500,000 homes

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Rain forecast to finally douse southern US wildfire risk and ease drought into next weekend

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

AccuWeather predicts 65,000-80,000 wildfires will ignite across the US in 2026 — up to 8 million acres at risk

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Lake Powell may drop below hydropower minimum by August — emergency transfers underway but will cut Hoover Dam output 40%

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Florida wildfires tear through 120,000 acres as Hurricane Helene’s downed trees from 2024 provide kindling

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Southeast burning: Georgia’s most destructive wildfire in history hits 50,000 acres as firefighters battle 40 fires per day

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

62% of the US is in drought — 1.85 million acres burned at 194% of the 10-year average and it’s only May

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

97% of the Southeast is in severe drought and Georgia just had the most destructive wildfire in state history

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Commonwealth Fusion Systems applies to connect to a US power grid — a first for any fusion energy company in history

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

Oil experts are “befuddled” by the Iran war’s pricing — crude should be higher given the scale of the disruption

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

Gas at $4.39 means the Iran war is costing the average US household roughly $50 more per month at the pump

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The worst spring drought since 2000 now covers 62.78% of the US — January-through-March precipitation hit its lowest point since 1895

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Nebraska set a state record with 800,000 acres burned, with large fires also ripping through Kansas and Oklahoma

By Everett Sloane

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