In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that an Obama administration plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants…
Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms…
Climate change has a clear link to rising foodborne illnesses. Blackouts during heat waves and wildfires are a growing part…
As crops fail in the rising heat, men are leaving many rural areas for migrant work in cities. Women are left to tend to…
Feeding insects instead of grain to animals is an inexpensive, sustainable way to increase the world food supply. An animal…
The Earth has had at least five major ice ages, and humans showed up in time for the most recent one. In fact, we’re still…
Heat domes are a dangerous part of summer weather.
Sometimes wind and solar power produce more electricity than the local grid can handle. Better energy storage and transmission…
Countries have used starvation as a war strategy for centuries, historically without being prosecuted. Three experts on…
The federal government has new advisories on PFAS, which can put human health at risk in a list of ways, but so far only…
The road map for a more sustainable future starts with clean energy and fossil-fuel-free transportation.
Puerto Rico’s tourism industry is booming as nations lift COVID-19 travel restrictions, but development is displacing…
Satellites like Landsat play a crucial role in helping cities prepare and respond to extreme heat, a leading weather-related…
Farmers are contending with huge spikes in fertilizer prices. The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic…
This technology, popular when automobiles first caught on, had a short resurgence in the 1970s.
Other presidents used the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel supplies. Biden is using it to replace them with clean…
A deadly neurological infection, chronic wasting disease, has been detected in deer, elk and moose in 30 states and four…
Thanks to humans, the atmosphere has 50% more planet-warming carbon dioxide today than it did before the industrial era.…
As nations pledge to preserve swaths of ocean within their territorial waters, a marine scientist explains why some marine…
Only 13% of US solar industry jobs are currently in manufacturing. The Biden administration hopes the sector will grow fast,…