Aerial view of JERA Hekinan thermal coal power station Hekinan central Japan 18 Oct 2021 Yuka Obayashi REUTERS

By Lindy West 9 August 2017 SEATTLE (The New York Times) – The weather forecast for Seattle on Wednesday reads “89 degrees, smoke.” We first noticed the smoke, drifting down from wildfires still burning in British Columbia, around Aug. 2,...

Indonesian Muslim women pray for rain during a long drought season and haze in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, 11 September 2019. Photo: Rony Muharrman Antara Foto / REUTERS By Gayatri Suroyo and Jessica Damiana 11 September 2019 JAKARTA (Reuters) –...

By Janet Gregg, Jacksonville Daily Progress 2 August 2011 JACKSONVILLE — The impact of the current drought on the state’s agriculture industry has been devastating already and is likely to worsen if the drought continues through next year as some...