U.S. non-profit organizations that focus on climate change are getting ready to fight a possible move by the Trump administration to
April 21, 2025
Republican lawmakers working to extend U.S.
April 21, 2025
Francis: The ‘outsider’ pope who faced fierce resistance to his reforms
April 21, 2025
Below are some memorable quotes from Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi
April 21, 2025
Here are some facts about Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. - Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian immigrant
April 21, 2025
The European Union is looking at ways to make it easier for U.S. gas exports to comply with its methane emissions rules, as the bloc attempts
April 21, 2025
Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India's Byrnihat town which is ranked the world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was
April 21, 2025
A slow-moving, active storm system has brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead
April 20, 2025
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt
April 20, 2025
The Zurich Zoo says a 19-year-old Asian elephant has given birth to a male calf
April 20, 2025
Scientists working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute reveal the first footage of two elusive sea animals: the colossal squid and a type of glass squid.
April 19, 2025
New Jersey Forest Fire Service crews battle wildfire in Vineland
April 19, 2025
New stretch of Highway 9 opens, connecting Bat Cave and Chimney Rock
April 19, 2025
Nobody knows where whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, are mating
April 18, 2025
Family escapes house fire after multiple explosions rock neighborhood
April 19, 2025
Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo
April 19, 2025
The Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades burned down in wildfires that devastated much of Los Angeles in January
April 19, 2025
Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans each year
April 18, 2025
Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years in conditions criticized by activists
April 19, 2025
Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia's Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea.
April 18, 2025
As a neighborhood tries to deter turkey vultures, a look at why the bird is federally protected
April 18, 2025
County will pay to remove abandoned boat, 'go after' owners for costs
April 18, 2025
Man with autism says RFK Jr.'s comments don't reflect his reality
April 18, 2025
Alabama House approves 'Lulu's Law': shark alert system inspired by Mountain Brook teen
April 18, 2025
A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen
April 18, 2025
President Donald Trump’s executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations
April 18, 2025
The U.S.
April 18, 2025
Firefighters from Montana, Oregon join as Bee Rock Creek Fire exceeds 500 acres
April 18, 2025
In the battle to slow climate change, local and state governments, as well as citizens, have taken to the courts. Their results have varied, but the cases keep coming.
April 18, 2025
Spring's first meteor shower is reaching its peak
April 18, 2025
Nearly six months after the Mountain Fire displaced 750 people and destroyed 182 homes and other structures in Ventura County, survivors say recovery is more difficult without FEMA support and in the shadow of the LA fires
April 18, 2025
Officials in Puerto Rico say power has been restored to more than 98% of customers after an island-wide blackout hit the U.S. territory earlier this week
April 18, 2025
Scientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada
April 18, 2025
This notorious West Coast phenomenon fueled historic floods in the East. Another one is on the way
April 18, 2025
First, the nation’s top law firms
April 18, 2025
This remote Pacific island nation just got its first ATMs
April 18, 2025
The Trump administration said on Thursday it would approve a land swap needed for Rio Tinto and BHP to build one of the world's largest copper mines, despite concerns
April 17, 2025
Lighting strike caused large fire at Evergreen Recycle in Park City
April 17, 2025
Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of the two companies it has been trying to force to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned
April 17, 2025
Farming couple builds a 'passive house', one of Wisconsin's most eco-friendly and efficient homes
April 17, 2025
A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter
April 17, 2025
The Trump administration's decision to halt construction of Equinor's Empire Wind 1 farm off the coast of New York late on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the offshore
April 17, 2025
Los Angeles Rams honor first responders by conducting 2025 NFL draft from Los Angeles Fire Department
April 17, 2025
The Los Angeles Rams will make their selections in the upcoming NFL draft from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations base in Van Nuys to honor the first responders who stopped the deadly wildfires that blazed across Southern California earlier this year
April 17, 2025
'Another nail in the coffin': Salmon fishing restrictions, golden mussel closures hurting bait shop
April 17, 2025
A new global survey finds that endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide
April 17, 2025
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April 17, 2025
It happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs
April 17, 2025
Restaurant chain faces outrage after carving up 500-year-old oak tree
April 17, 2025
President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with China means hopeful solar buyers may have a much harder time getting systems installed in the U.S. in coming months
April 17, 2025
About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.
April 17, 2025
Daffodil field in Massachusetts started during World War II no longer a hidden secret
April 17, 2025
Four people, including a Chinese national, have died and seven others are still missing off a western Philippine province after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two
April 17, 2025
United Airlines plane engine shoots out fire after hitting an animal on takeoff
April 17, 2025
The Gaza Strip is strewn with undetonated explosives from tens of thousands of Israeli air strikes,
April 17, 2025
The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its economy and create jobs to reduce brain
April 17, 2025
Valero Energy Corp said on Wednesday it was taking a $1.1 billion pre-tax impairment related to its California refineries and told state regulators it would permanently shut or restructure
April 16, 2025
U.S.
April 16, 2025
The Trump administration has issued an order to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry
April 16, 2025
Despite billions in federal investment and growing consumer interest, electric vehicles still face slow adoption rates in the U.S. While widely promoted as an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-powered cars, EVs have high upfront prices and a lack of access to charging infrastructure, especially in rural and underserved communities. EVs are highly efficient compared to gasoline-powered cars. Electric drivetrains convert over 77% of energy from the grid into actual movement at the wheels, while gas-powered engines manage just 12% to 30%, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. EVs also produce zero tailpipe emissions, helping to cut smog and
April 16, 2025
The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species
April 16, 2025
Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged
April 16, 2025
Teen working against animal-tested cosmetics sales
April 16, 2025
'Nobody stays behind,' cat sanctuary shares new fire safety plan
April 16, 2025
Middle schoolers plant new life in Black Forest burn scar
April 16, 2025
Bill would promote grazing on Wisconsin farms, a practice advocates say is better for cows and the environment
April 16, 2025
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats
April 16, 2025
Environmental contributors to autism are behind its rising prevalence, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 16, 2025
Colossal squid resembles a ‘glass sculpture’ in first footage taken from the deep sea
April 16, 2025
157,000 potholes filled so far this year, working on thousands more reports
April 16, 2025
Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program
April 16, 2025
Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new materials. However, there are solutions.
April 16, 2025
Neighborhood ready for vultures to migrate elsewhere after birds cause property damage
April 16, 2025
Strangers help rescue raccoon stuck in tree above Kinnickinnic River
April 16, 2025
'Sitting ducks': Third home in danger of falling into Harrods Creek as landslide continues
April 16, 2025
The U.S.
April 16, 2025
Solar storm could bring auroras farther south over the US than they typically appear
April 16, 2025
A federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped and must have access to some of the frozen money
April 16, 2025
Salmon migration affected by drug pollution in water from antianxiety medication
April 16, 2025
BIOCAP tiles reimagine seawalls as dynamic, ecologically active systems that have the potential to enhance coastal resilience.
April 16, 2025
Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets
April 16, 2025
Effective conservation of old-growth ecosystems will work best if it considers their varied ecology.
April 16, 2025
Insurance bellwether Travelers' first-quarter profit exceeded analysts' expectations on Wednesday, as strong underwriting gains helped soften the hit from over $2 billion
April 16, 2025
Greece has submitted plans to the EU setting out how it will organise maritime activities such as fishing, tourism and offshore energy after years of delays that drew rebuke from
April 16, 2025
Woman calls for awareness after massive pothole wrecks her car on Chicago's South Side
April 16, 2025
Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species
April 15, 2025
An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours
April 15, 2025
A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under climate investment and
April 15, 2025
The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene
April 15, 2025
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country
April 15, 2025
Couple rescues bee colonies during spring swarm season
April 15, 2025
Residents hope to save 250-year-old tree from being cut down
April 15, 2025
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS - Global wine production and consumption fell in 2024 to their lowest in decades, as extreme weather and high prices weighed on the sector, the International
April 15, 2025
The Trump administration has exempted 47 companies from regulations to curb mercury and air toxics for their coal-fired power plants for two years, according
April 15, 2025
A strong solar storm is headed to Earth and this could cause colorful aurora displays in parts of the United States
April 15, 2025
Downed power line sparks fire and gas leak, forces evacuations
April 15, 2025
Mexico's federal government is negotiating with its northern states to send more water to the United States, the country's president said on Tuesday, after its historic
April 15, 2025
Florida lawmakers consider ending mockingbird’s 97-year run as state bird
April 15, 2025
Chicago's Working Bikes gets bicycles to people in need at home and worldwide
April 15, 2025
A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous organizations
April 15, 2025
Changes to the landscape and pollution have harmed this vital ecosystem known as the ‘river of grass.’
April 15, 2025
When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the harm can continue to spread long afterward.
April 15, 2025
Four smugglers caught trying to transport thousands of live ants out of Kenya for sale on exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia will be sentenced
April 15, 2025
India is likely to see above-average monsoon rains for the second straight year in 2025, the government said on Tuesday, raising
April 15, 2025
Ras Hankorab Beach, a pristine spot on southern Egypt's Red Sea coast with crystal clear waters and flat white sands, is the jewel of Egypt's Wadi el-Gemal
April 15, 2025
Microsoft said on Tuesday it signed a contract for a project in Louisiana that would remove 6.75 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over 15 years, which
April 15, 2025
Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels
April 15, 2025
Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent's river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as
April 15, 2025
Brain-harming chemicals released from mattresses while children sleep, study says
April 15, 2025
New Zealand’s partnership with the United States remains one of its most important, particularly when seen in the light of joint interests in the Pacific and the evolving
April 15, 2025
This ‘Poo Zoo’ is harvesting living cells from animal dung
April 15, 2025
At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a herd of African elephants was caught on video running over to protect their young by encircling them during a 5.2 magnitude earthquake
April 14, 2025
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California, swaying lights and rattling cups off shelves
April 14, 2025
The U.S.
April 14, 2025
CDC can't help MPS and Milwaukee Health Department with lead crisis
April 14, 2025
Shrimp boat washes ashore without crew, FBFD says
April 14, 2025
To really compare different electricity sources, you also have to look at the roles they play in keeping the lights on and their drawbacks.
April 14, 2025
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.
April 14, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for five people missing after a boat capsized off Florida's Atlantic Coast during what was suspected of being a failed smuggling attempt
April 14, 2025
If your life has been upended by a wildfire, hurricane, flood, tornado, or another disaster this past year, the IRS recognizes you may need more time to file your taxes and grants you an automatic extension
April 14, 2025
Australia's competition regulator said on Monday Clorox's local unit had been fined A$8.25 million ($5.19 million) by the Federal Court over falsely claiming its GLAD kitchen and garbage
April 14, 2025
A beloved pet tortoise named Myrtle has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak
April 13, 2025
After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on the water longer while keeping the marine mammals safe
April 13, 2025
Ukraine is seeking solutions to repair the damage caused by a Russian drone attack to the confinement vessel at the stricken Chornobyl nuclear power
April 12, 2025
Gray wolf who was brought to Colorado from Canada dies in Wyoming
April 12, 2025
Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since the floodwaters have receded
April 12, 2025
Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota
April 12, 2025
Video shows police officers rescue 3 fishermen from sinking boat in Boston Harbor
April 12, 2025
The reason for an outburst of deadly storms early in the year could be lurking in the ocean
April 12, 2025
A mysterious ocean glow reported for over 400 years has stumped scientists. A new study could offer clues
April 12, 2025
Vultures have an image problem and are among the least loved animals in the world
April 12, 2025
China's capital hunkered down on Saturday as rare typhoon-like gales swept northern regions, forcing the closure of historic sites and disrupting travel while bringing late
April 12, 2025
High winds and the threat of sandstorms have prompted China's capital Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights and close public parks to avoid injuries
April 12, 2025
The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change
April 11, 2025
Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of utility Edison International, said on Friday it had submitted an initial plan to rebuild the areas within its service territory that were
April 11, 2025
Greenland appointed its first Arctic ambassador on Friday, pledging to promote sustainable economic development for indigenous people and advance
April 11, 2025
CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
April 11, 2025
Drenched Argentine fields due to heavy rains in the country's farm heartland are raising fears of soybean losses and delayed sales of the 2024/25 crop,
April 11, 2025
In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at attention in a clearing
April 11, 2025
Crumbling wall in park causing concerns for drivers
April 11, 2025
Arrest made after 500 pounds of trash dumped in neighborhood
April 11, 2025
Many of the world’s largest shipping nations have agreed to impose a minimum fee on every ton of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds in what's effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions
April 11, 2025
Armed with robots, lasers, and specialized drones, Pete Kelsey and his team 3D-mapped all of Alcatraz Island, gaining access to areas previously off limits. Over the course of 13 months, the team unveiled details around the famous 1962 prison escape and created new models that could help strengthen the island against threats from climate change.
April 11, 2025
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately
April 11, 2025
President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs could cause planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to drop temporarily, but that won’t help the climate long-term
April 11, 2025
Grist reports on a new study showing that exposure to high temperatures adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age.
April 04, 2025
VNutrition analyzed the rise of plant-based alternatives, based on data from the USDA ERS and the CFDAS at Purdue University.
April 08, 2025
Colombia’s capital has always seemed immune to water scarcity, nestled among cloud-kissed Andean peaks and known for steady rainfall
April 11, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their main source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel's water
April 11, 2025
U.S.
April 10, 2025
Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change
April 11, 2025
Were dinosaurs headed for extinction even before massive asteroid strike? Scientists offer new clues
April 11, 2025
Hundreds of school districts around the U.S. may have to abandon plans to acquire electric buses after the EPA froze the latest round of money that was part of President Biden’s infrastructure law
April 11, 2025
Corporate decisions made in boardrooms and through initiatives with nonprofits have created an important kind of private climate governance.
April 11, 2025
Donald Trump says he is a big fan of oil and gas. His actions may not be of great interest to the industry. And the results may not be what he says he wants.
April 11, 2025
Rising global temperatures increase the risk of extreme downpours, as a climate scientist explains.
April 08, 2025
How one man just rewrote the history of Alcatraz
April 11, 2025
A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert.
April 11, 2025
India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high.
April 11, 2025
Los Angeles-area residents whose homes survived the Eaton wildfire in January face a whole different set of struggles to their neighbors whose homes were burned to the ground
April 11, 2025
Architect Sou Fujimoto: Expo 2025 is ‘a precious opportunity to come together’
April 11, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has fired previously reinstated probationary workers after an appeals court on April 9 cleared the
April 10, 2025
The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per day in March for a total of 1,045 ships that
April 10, 2025
Workers have recovered thousands of gallons of crude oil from an underground pipeline spill on North Dakota farmland
April 10, 2025
States in the Colorado River Basin are missing a significant opportunity to alleviate the region’s historic water crisis, according to a recent report by University of California, Los Angeles and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The analysis reveals that only 26% of treated municipal wastewater is reused across the seven states reliant on the overextended river, which supplies water to more than 40 million people. Arizona and Nevada lead in wastewater recycling, reusing 52% and 85% of their treated wastewater, respectively. In contrast, California recycles only 22%, despite being the region’s largest wastewater producer and having set ambitious recycled water
April 10, 2025
President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has withdrawn her nomination
April 10, 2025
Man airlifted after alligator attack
April 10, 2025
Four Republican senators are asking Congressional leadership to preserve energy tax credits included in the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act in the impending budget reconciliation bill,
April 10, 2025
U.S. regulators have concluded a monthslong review of their environmental permit for Hyundai's $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia, finding that no changes are needed
April 10, 2025
U.S.
April 10, 2025
Water district closes boat access at 3 reservoirs amid golden mussels concerns
April 10, 2025
Outdoor enthusiasts are worried about the loss of their favorite vistas as President Donald Trump's administration considers weakening a 26-year-old rule designed to improve visibility over national parks and wilderness areas
April 10, 2025
Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary
April 09, 2025
A new executive order from President Donald Trump that's part of his effort to invigorate energy production launches the possibility that his Department of Justice will go to court against state laws aimed at slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuels
April 10, 2025
President Donald Trump has long complained about modern rules that limit water flow for showerheads, making it harder for him to wash his “beautiful hair."
April 09, 2025
As President Donald Trump announced moves to ease restrictions on the U.S. coal industry Tuesday, he extolled what he views as its values
April 09, 2025
In early January, Tony and Jacqueline Collier watched on helplessly as the Eaton wildfire burned dozens of homes to the ground in their neighborhood of
April 09, 2025
U.S.
April 09, 2025
The U.S.
April 09, 2025
Rare juvenile minke whale stranded in mudflat humanely euthanized, officials say
April 09, 2025
U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that could block International Monetary Fund support for some Central African countries, in an effort to
April 09, 2025
Elon Musk's xAI has nearly doubled gas turbines at its Tennessee data center, exceeding previously known figures and surpassing the number for which the company has submitted permits,
April 09, 2025
'If we can’t grow food, then we can’t eat': Powell Gardens' conservation program regenerates native soil
April 09, 2025
The approximately 600,000-bpd Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the United States remained shut down Wednesday after an oil spill near Fort Ransom, North
April 09, 2025
Domestic ducks at Lake Cunningham get an assist from 'Duck Whisperer'
April 09, 2025
The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years
April 09, 2025
The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years
April 09, 2025
Local man rescues pets from floodwaters in Kentucky
April 09, 2025
Minnesota's spongy moth mitigation plan canceled due to lack of federal funding, ag officials say
April 09, 2025
Lego has opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy
April 09, 2025
Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United
April 09, 2025
The United States has withdrawn from talks in London looking at advancing decarbonisation in the shipping sector and Washington
April 09, 2025
Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotech company, has claimed to have resurrected the dire wolf, to create the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal.” Scientists created three dire wolf pups by using gene-editing technology to alter the genes of the dire wolf's closest living relative, the gray wolf. The result is essentially a hybrid species similar in appearance to its extinct forerunner.
April 07, 2025
CF Industries said on Tuesday it has formed a joint venture with Japan's largest power generator, JERA, and trading house Mitsui & Co to build one of the world's largest low-carbon ammonia
April 09, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and combat climate change.
April 09, 2025
The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of
April 08, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline
April 08, 2025
The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday continues the troubled history of the 15-year-old pipeline
April 08, 2025
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April 08, 2025
The U.S.
April 08, 2025
After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents are anxious to return to their flooded homes and assess what is salvageable
April 08, 2025
The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. and potentially leading to higher gasoline prices
April 08, 2025
A prominent energy research firm slashed its five-year outlook for new U.S. wind energy projects by 40% on Tuesday, citing Trump administration policies and concerns about the economy.
April 08, 2025
There's a micromoon coming up
April 08, 2025
The Army will begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery the week of June 2
April 08, 2025
Scientists are bracing for high lava fountains in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
April 08, 2025
President Donald Trump has helped plant a replacement for a historic White House tree that was removed over safety concerns
April 08, 2025
With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand their rights to traditional lands as part of the solution to the world’s climate crisis
April 08, 2025
A waiver issued by the Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction immediately on stretches of the border wall in Southern California
April 08, 2025
Around 75 people rescued from their homes in Colesburg, KY after flooding
April 08, 2025
Federal authorities have found that a Georgia company improperly stored hazardous chemicals before a fire southeast of Atlanta last year that produced a toxic chemical cloud over the area
April 08, 2025
Ohio River in Cincinnati reaches highest level in 7 years
April 08, 2025
Large boulder causes building collapse
April 08, 2025
Some SF Presidio trails closed until October as coyote pupping season begins
April 08, 2025
A strong hailstorm hit Russia's third-largest wheat-producing region of Stavropol, damaging grain crops, a local governor said on Tuesday, as extreme weather swept across Russia in
April 08, 2025
Witness recalls near-death experience as massive tree falls on car: 'I heard cracking'
April 08, 2025
Flood-weary residents face rising rivers despite rain finally stopping in central and southern US
April 07, 2025
Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern societies realize. Glacier loss adds to the challenge today.
April 08, 2025
The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years
April 08, 2025
In Bolivia's rural region of Beni near the border with Brazil, vast grasslands where cows once grazed have been submerged, forcing
April 08, 2025
At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one
April 08, 2025
Discrimination has made it harder for Black people in the Los Angeles area to buy and keep their homes. Did it also make them more fire-prone when Altadena burned?
April 08, 2025
Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is
April 08, 2025
Major steel project in JD Vance’s hometown on a list of Trump cuts to manufacturing industry
April 08, 2025
U.S.
April 08, 2025
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F
April 07, 2025
Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 23 people
April 07, 2025
Stinky garbage is piling up on the streets of the U.K.'s second-largest city and causing chaos a month into a strike by trash collectors
April 07, 2025
The Dutch government is allowing 80 “coffeeshops” in 10 towns and cities to only sell legally grown cannabis from licensed producers
April 07, 2025
A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
April 07, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued Texas' first permit to allow drilling to inject and store carbon dioxide to oil company Occidental.
April 07, 2025
Global chemical manufacturer Bayer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to halt thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn a popular weedkiller could case cancer
April 07, 2025
The historic Buffalo Trace Distillery has temporarily closed after deadly flooding ravaging Kentucky swept into its facilities, forcing the popular bourbon company to turn away the public and staff
April 07, 2025
What month is it? Temperatures plunge to winter-like chill in East while big heat looms for West
April 07, 2025
'Herculean task': Injured hiker rescued from White Mountains; rescuers also injured, Fish and Game says
April 07, 2025
Cycling advocates hold "funeral" for Midtown bike lanes that face removal as Mayor touts compromise
April 07, 2025
Residents in Northern Colorado neighborhood asked to leave homes after "oil and gas incident"
April 07, 2025
Crews battle blaze in Swannanoa after machinery ignites debris field fire
April 07, 2025
The role of dogs in Italian alpine rescues is becoming more important as the number of people caught by avalanches increases — up by 50% over the last 25 years
April 07, 2025
The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.
April 07, 2025
Woodpecker attacks cars in Massachusetts neighborhood. A bird expert explains why.
April 07, 2025
To tackle the e-waste problem, this casing for electronics dissolves in water
April 07, 2025
Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence
April 07, 2025
Reforestation startup Mombak has secured 100 million reais ($17.8 million) in a deal with Santander Brasil and Brazilian development bank BNDES, it said on
April 07, 2025
Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world’s first global carbon tax
April 05, 2025
Violent storms sweep through central US and prompt evacuations in flooded Kentucky
April 06, 2025
Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people
April 06, 2025
The iconic Wrigley Field bleachers welcomed an unusual guest during the Chicago Cubs' series against the San Diego Padres this weekend
April 06, 2025
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
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Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
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