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The Texas electric power market is designed to give energy companies incentive to sell electricity at the lowest possible…
Living next to a highway is not great for health, but a new study shows that running air filters indoors can remove tiny…
Heat waves, droughts and deep freezes can all strain the electric grid, leading utilities to impose rolling blackouts. Climate…
If confirmed, US Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico would be the first Native American to run the agency that interacts with…
Researchers are developing ways to lock captured CO2 into cement. It could help rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure…
As more and more plastic trash permeates the oceans, fragments are making their way into fish and shellfish – and potentially…
The media often call unusually cold, snowy storms a 'polar vortex.' The real polar vortex isn't coming down…
Food production in the US is heavily concentrated in the hands of a small number of large agribusiness companies. That's…
COVID-19 kept many scientists from doing field research in 2020, which means that important records will have data gaps.…
Pipeline companies have run roughshod over several regions where they're building, racking up safety and environmental…
De-icing salts help us get around in winter, but they corrode cars, crack roads and contaminate rivers and lakes. Scientists…
New research shows that permafrost contains huge amounts of particles that make it easier for cloud moisture to freeze.…
Electric cars get a lot of hype, but EV sales today are actually increasing transportation's carbon footprint. Here's…
The U.S. environmental justice movement dates back to the early 1980s, but federal support for it has been weak and inconsistent.…
US backing of the Paris Agreement has an influence on food security, health and safety and the future warming of the planet.
An appeals court described the EPA's effort as "a series of tortured misreadings" of U.S. law.
The former Federal Reserve chair has the experience and broad respect to get businesses to move on climate change and to…
COVID-19 has been found in pets, zoo animals and in a wild mink in Utah. Monitoring wildlife for COVID-19 is important for…
Solar power doesn't have to be just for the wealthy anymore. With the right kind of financial incentives, households…