Those properties act as a ladder fuel, spreading flames from the forest floor to the canopy, where trees otherwise resistant to low-intensity fires can catch fire. “Even if we didn’t have this ...

The eastern spruce budworm is a native insect that munches on balsam fir, leaving some 1,100 square miles of trees defoliated or dead last year, the most in the region since 1961. A spruce budworm ...

MALDEN, Wash. — A herd of 375 hungry goats is playing a crucial role in protecting the town of Malden from future wildfires as residents continue rebuilding four years after a devastating blaze ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves maintained the freeze - and inflicted further financial misery by stripping away winter fuel payments. That was widely seen as contributing to a dramatic Labour slump in ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Robert E. Barrett Fishway at the Holyoke Dam is open to the public after being closed for upgrades. The Robert E. Barrett Fishway allows migrating fish to make it ...

Remove or prune vegetation near windows. Remove “ladder fuel” (low-level vegetation that allows fire to spread from the ground to the tree canopy). Create a separation between low-level ...

Tech giants are looking for more energy, but building new reactors takes time. In the AI arms race, all the major players say they want to go nuclear. Over the past year, the likes of Meta ...

Senior government figures are discussing whether to reverse the controversial decision to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners within weeks. More than nine million pensioners lost ...

Z Energy has launched a new self-service fuel brand aimed at offering New Zealanders a low-cost alternative at the pump — and early signs suggest it’s already shaking up the market. The company ...

There was also plenty more movement on this week's snakes and ladders board, with the Sea Eagles taking a big ladder over a whole bunch of teams sliding down snakes. The results won't match the ...

The expected increase in fuel prices is also due to the US imposing sanctions on nearly two dozen firms involved in Iran’s international oil trade. Aside from these, one of the reasons for the ...