On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis started filing paperwork to get their rural home in Navajo Nation connected to the electric grid.
One Tech Tip: How to prepare your online accounts for when you die
Most people have accumulated a pile of data on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes.
One Tech Tip: Here’s what you need to do before and after your phone is stolen or lost
Phones hold so much of our digital lives that if they ever get stolen or go missing, it can cause major disruption beyond just the loss of a device.
Manitoba’s train is a lifeline for many towns. Now tourists are also discovering the route
To get between Churchill, Manitoba and Winnipeg, Manitoba, there are only two options: A one-way plane flight that takes two-and-a-half hours or a scenic 45-hour to 49-hour much cheaper train…
Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay
Beluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because scientists say they are some of the most vocal creatures on Earth.
Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town
Erosion and melting permafrost have just about destroyed the Alaska village of Newtok. About 70 feet of land has been disappearing each year, and all that remains are some dilapidated…
In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble
In the gateway to the Arctic, fat and sea ice are crucial, intertwined and dwindling. And scientists say because of that polar bears are in trouble.
Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping
A tugboat powered by ammonia sailed for the first time Sunday in the Hudson River to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
Cascading disasters push residents of a Nepalese valley to the brink
MELAMCHI, Nepal (AP) — In between the Himalayas' towering mountains, the town of Melamchi is no stranger to extreme weather, and its landscape bears the scars of years of floods…
Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players
The beginning of high school football season has seen a string of deaths. Players are most at risk in the late summer months of August and September of suffering heat-related…