The Ogalalla Aquifer is a vast underground lake that irrigates farms across the US Great Plains. It took thousands of years…
Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto contend that its popular Roundup weed killer gave users cancer. But proving this kind…
Law scholars from California unpack the legal questions raised by the Trump administration's plan to roll back mileage…
Wildland firefighting has always been a risky job, but development in fire-prone areas is making it more dangerous by putting…
Commercial nuclear reactors provide roughly one-fifth of the electricity produced in the US. But they face grave threats…
Climate change, development, past forest management policies and current firefighting practices are creating conditions…
August 1, 2018 is 'Earth Overshoot Day,' a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse…
As EVs make more inroads, giving tenants somewhere to plug in their cars could become a selling point.
A perfect storm of climate, forestry, development and fire management trends are driving up the costs of fighting wildfires.
What would you pay to keep trash off your favorite beach, or pollution away from a national park? Economists can tease these…
What drives the emergence and disappearance of species? By modeling the fundamental processes of evolution and ecology on…
Not only does U.S. law bar price-fixing, there are bipartisan efforts underway to make it possible to sue OPEC members in…
US national parks protect some of America's most spectacular outdoor settings. But new research shows that ozone pollution…
Many countries collect and store rainwater for use during drought or dry seasons. But this technique is rarely used in the…
The Whole Earth Catalog was a blueprint for sustainability that envisioned humans living in balance with nature. Its creative…
Many factors can influence people to evacuate or stay in place when disasters threaten. New research using Facebook posts…
Even if Asia buys most of the natural gas the U.S. will be exporting soon, America's growing role in that market could…
A historian of wildfires explains the difference between urban and rural fire cultures, and what it means for protecting…
Energy that otherwise would go to waste might someday power industrial-scale condensation.
Fifty years ago biologist Paul Ehrlich published 'The Population Bomb,' an apocalyptic warning that overcrowding…