The Latest Breaking News from the East Coast

In his last story in a series on the pine industry on the East Coast, Aaron Smale asks what we're leaving for future generations

The government subsidised pine on the East Coast for nearly 30 years. In that time huge tracts of that forestry have ended up in the hands of foreign companies with a track record of environmental damage. The latest in a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

For those who enjoy a friendly battle between coasts, the East Coast won this one, with five of its states making the list, compared to only two on the West Coast.

A heat wave along the East Coast and in the Midwest leads to closings, shorter school days.

September Nymex natural gas (NGU23 ) on Monday closed +0.148 (+5.74%). Nat-gas prices Monday rallied sharply to a 1-1/2 week high on the outlook for excessive heat to return to the East Coast, which will boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air conditioning. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said the...

Thunderstorms — some of which may be severe — are in the forecast from Atlanta to Binghamton, N.Y. Meanwhile parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast are expected to see record heat.

September Nymex natural gas (NGU23 ) on Monday closed -0.004 (-0.15%). Nat-gas prices Monday closed slightly lower on the outlook for cooler U.S. temperatures, which will curb nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air conditioning. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said cooler temperatures are expected to move into the East Coast...

At least six people have died, and two children remain missing after slow-moving thunderstorms took aim at the East Coast.

Dockworkers and the Republican governor in South Carolina are digging in their heels over a labor dispute that has left the newest container terminal at the East Coast’s deepest harbor largely inactive