A power outage left about 2,000 customers without power in Milwaukee on July 13. The culprit: balloons, according to We Energies.

Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government ...

There's a new push to limit balloon releases in Wisconsin. Assembly Bill 352, introduced Tuesday, would prohibit people from ...

A Belgium resident is raising awareness about the increasing amount of mylar balloons washing up on Lake Michigan's shoreline ...

Mylar balloons filled with helium may soon no longer be sold in Waukegan, but a ban on plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers continues to await City Council consideration. Ald. Lynn ...

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You see Mylar balloons released into the sky during a memorial service, sometimes one may slip away from your grip on the way to a party. Dr. Robert Thomas says these balloons can cause a slew of ...

Teresa O'Connor, a Rhode Island resident, creates art installations using mylar balloons collected from beaches to raise awareness about pollution. Her work has been featured in exhibits and ...

A power outage caused by a Mylar balloon led to a near-citywide boil water advisory. Here's how Mylar party supplies have caused problems in New Orleans over the years.

This spring, the City of Las Vegas made it illegal to knowingly release mylar balloons into the air and NV Energy reports it's one of the major causes of power outages in Las Vegas.

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans City Council could soon enact new rules surrounding Mylar balloons. It comes after one caused a power outage, resulting in this boil advisory. "We know we are ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mylar balloons are the ones you see people release at memorials and the ones sold in party shops. Entergy says a Mylar balloon knocked out power, causing the citywide boil water ...