Texas' power grid is expected to break demand records for the month of May as Texans turn to air conditioning during a scorching heat wave over Memorial Day weekend.
Why it matters: Human-caused climate changeis expected to heavily strain U.S. electrical grids, including Texas', which has been vulnerable to winter and summer weather extremes in the past.
A tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa, killed four people and wounded at least 35 others, officials said Wednesday.
The big picture: It was one of several tornadoes to hit Iowa on Tuesday in a damaging outbreak of severe thunderstorms, with several tornadoes, powerful straight-line windsand other deadly hazards striking the Midwest into Wednesday.
A federal adoption program meant to help rein in out of control population growth among wild horses in the western U.S. has made headway, according to a new report from a free market environmental think tank.
Why it matters: Wild horses, icons of the American West and sacred among Indigenous groups, can strain the fragile desert and semi-arid ecosystems of the southwest if left unchecked,per the report from the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC).
