Trump Weakens Endangered Speci...
The changes also let the government consider economic interests and could open doors to oil and gas drilling and mining in sensitive areas, including the Arctic.
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New York City has set out to protect people — and the planet — from the deadliest disaster: heat.
read moreStates Sue Trump Administratio...
A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants.
read moreSolar Power Is Playing A Growi...
The US Department of Agriculture has announced that it will no longer track honeybee populations or collect data for its Honey Bee Colonies Report.
read moreAnother Death in Louisiana’s C...
On August 7, after Geraldine Mayho’s funeral, her body was laid to rest in the St. James Catholic Cemetery in southern Louisiana, across the street from a cluster of oil storage tanks.
read moreNewark hands out bottled water...
Water issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.
read moreHere’s why Baby Boomers are bi...
Despite all the recent think pieces about the rise of sobriety, a new study found that about one in 10 adults in the over-65 age range are binge drinking. Bucking a supposed trend, the new data illustrates an increase when compared to previous studies — suggesting that binge drinking is trending with older adults, while younger ones seem to be drinking less.
read morePrayer, Politics and Power: ‘T...
Based on author Jeff Sharlet’s book of the same name, the Netflix docuseries highlights a secret (homoerotic) Christian cabal that you’ve never heard of
read moreJim Hightower decodes Trump’s ...
“Keep your eye on the ball” is a core principle not only for baseball players but also for us commoners trying to assess exactly what the spinmeisters of global trade are hurling at us.
read moreRefugees and the real-life imp...
Climate change isn’t just about science. The migration spurred by extreme weather events is raising deep moral questions around access and equity for developed countries.
read morePlanting Trees Is Good. Elimin...
The UN report says we just have to stop cutting them down.
read moreHow Concerned Is Your US Regio...
As I walked the Florida beach on this August morning, I surveyed the wrack line. Interspersed with shells, empty turtle eggs, drying seaweed, skate egg cases, coconut fronts, dead coral pieces, and sea glass, I could see small and large bits of plastic.
read moreIndonesian flooding disaster b...
TAPUWATU, Indonesia — Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home.
read moreWe must change food production...
Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.
read moreEnvironmental racism is bad fo...
Two new books highlight how pollution is corrupting the bodies — and minds — of people of color.
read moreEPA Stops Collecting Data on P...
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler exempted farms from reporting hazardous air emissions from animal waste. Prior to this action, farms that emitted 100 pounds or more of ammonia or hydrogen sulfide per day into the air were required to report to local agencies.
read moreExxon Accused of Pressuring Wi...
New York’s attorney general wants a judge to stop the oil giant from subpoenaing documents from investors, saying it would ‘discourage them from testifying’.
read moreOopsie, this popular ‘composta...
Hello, it’s me: your friendly neighborhood environmental journalist, here to ruin your day. Or the very least, your lunch.
read moreA New Study Reveals Just How T...
Here’s what happened when farmers started using a new class of insecticides.
read moreLow on water, California farme...
If California is to meet its goal of running on 100-percent clean electricity by 2045, fields that once grew hay are going to have to start producing electrons.
read moreA Quarter of Humanity Faces Lo...
Countries that are home to one-fourth of Earth’s population face an increasingly urgent risk: The prospect of running out of water.
read moreWhat’s in the way of this Texa...
The golden-cheeked warbler, an endangered songbird native to Central Texas, always seems to be flitting around controversy.
read moreClimate Change Becomes an Issu...
The risk of a ratings downgrade can pressure cities and companies to take steps to mitigate climate risks, such as from sea level rise.
read moreGoodbye, Snails
Once, snails decorated the forests of Hawaii like Christmas ornaments. There were more than 750 unique species, which descended from ancestral mollusks that arrived on the islands millions of years ago. Hawaii’s snails were exemplars of evolution’s generative prowess.
read moreSo Long and Thanks for all the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again washed its hands of its responsibility to protect the health and safety of our waterways.
read moreDying Orchards, Missing Fish: ...
Earth’s hottest June on record was followed by a sizzling July that either tied or exceeded another global extreme. People, trees and fish are feeling the heat.
read moreArctic wildfires are releasing...
During the past few weeks, the top of the world has been burning. Vast swaths of the Arctic, from Alaska to Siberia, are on fire, with scientific agencies breaking out the term “unprecedented” to describe the situation.
read moreClimate Could Be an Electoral ...
When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most, including gun rights and opposing abortion.
read moreMerck Continues to Make Hundre...
Sales of Merck’s measles vaccine, the MMR combo vaccine that also includes mumps and rubella, continues to soar as Merck reported this week that in the second quarter of 2019, sales for the measles vaccine were 58% higher than the year before, at $675 million.
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