Nuclear power provides 60 percent of US carbon-free electricity generation, but existing plants are aging and only one is…
They don't all support the same strategies for coping with it, but US mayors increasingly see climate change as a pressing…
A recent study found the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever recorded among coal miners in central Appalachia.…
The Agriculture Department provides nearly $6 billion annually for land, water and wildlife conservation on farms. President…
An analysis of air pollutants from Texas shows how significant – and largely underregulated – the category of 'excess'…
Natural gas is widely viewed as a clean fuel, but methane, its main component, is a powerful greenhouse gas. Two experts…
As Earth's climate warms, mangroves are expanding north and south from tropical zones. Mangroves reinforce shorelines…
Muchos puertorriqueños recibieron bien el reciente anuncio de privatizar el sistema eléctrico del país. Pero vender el…
Many Puerto Ricans are happy to see their broke power utility sold off to whoever can get the lights turned back on. But…
New York soon may charge a fee to drive into central Manhattan as a way of reducing traffic and raising funds for public…
A climate scientist explains how New Hampshire managed to overcome the political divide to make real progress on climate…
No new oil drilling has been approved since 1984 off the California coast, where a major spill in 1969 helped launch the…
Energy storage, such as big batteries, on the power grid is generally seen as 'green' technology but the reality…
A new study shows that polar bears require more food than previously thought. The scientists used collars that tracked bears'…
The Mariana snailfish lives nearly 27,000 feet underwater, but has features that help it adapt to intense water pressure…
New research shows that computers, streaming video and other digital technologies are helping Americans spend more time…
Big data open-access publishing and other advances offer ecologists the ability to forecast events like pest outbreaks over…
According to current forecasts, California has a 93 percent chance of an earthquake with magnitude 7 or greater occurring…
Raising the cost of solar panels coming to the US could rekindle interest in a simple but potentially significant technology:…
What's at stake as the Trump administration imposes trade sanctions on imported solar panels? A look at the US solar…