POLITICAL COMEDY

Court rules against Trump administration on air pollution limits
Circuit court finds the EPA under President Joe Biden had authority to issue stricter controls on fine particulate matter, the nation’s deadliest air pollutant
Internal memo tells staff to stay mum on deaths at national parks
Guidance issued by the Interior Department instructs Nation Park Service staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details
40 people drown as France seeks relief from record heat
Hundreds of records fell as temperatures climbed to levels higher than nearly the rest of the planet. The heat wave will expand across Europe through the weekend
Arthur’s remnants push offshore after leaving a trail of damage
The storm brought a 1-in-200-year rainfall event to a community in Louisiana. Here’s how much rain fell
Where the highest risk remains as storm sweeps through the South
NOAA warned of a rare high-risk level for excessive rainfall that could cause flash flooding in a stretch from eastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle on Thursday
Why the stress building on California’s faults could result in a major quake
Researchers analyzed 1,000 years of paleoseismic data, or a reconstruction of past tectonic activity
Why setting forest fires on purpose prevents extreme blazes
The new research found managing low-severity fires across 1 million acres a year could reduce the amount of land that burned from severe fires by about 25 percent, protection that lasts for years
11 Democratic senators demand answers on Trump’s use of national park fees
Independent Sen. Angus King joined them in alleging that “much, if not all” of the revenue from online sales of park passes is going toward D.C
Trump auction aims to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling
The sale of leases will test the administration’s multipronged push to develop Alaska’s resources
I took my mother storm chasing. We got a front-row seat to a tornado.
The storm looked unimpressive, but then a tornado formed right next to us
