Climate, clean energy, and the technology and policy reshaping the planet's future.

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with author Terry Tempest Williams.  At first glance, a desert may appear barren. But it’s actually a place teeming with life. There are coyotes, wind in

Nearly three dozen young lab-grown elkhorn corals were outplanted onto reefs in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park this spring, including a group of “Flondurans,” marking the first time this experimental cross-breed of Florida and Honduran elkhorn corals was introduced to the r

President Donald Trump said new regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants will reduce the prices consumers pay for groceries and will not impact the environment. However, U.S. chemical, refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturers said the changes will raise prices and hi

As the United States limits what can be considered a wetland, and qualify for federal conservation measures, many Washington state residents are trying to protect more of them for water management, carbon sequestration and buffering against climate-driven disasters. But the diffi

Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport breaks down some of the tools that can help manage anxiety in the face of mounting climate catastrophe.

At a virtual public comment hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, a long line of environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to proposed new regulations weakening requirements that utilities must follow in cleaning up toxic coal ash residue

No matter what a retailer says about its climate goals, its main goal is to make you buy more clothes.

Not long ago, the rise of U.S. renewable energy was largely tied to state policies that required or encouraged utilities to meet benchmarks for obtaining wind and solar power. The first of these “renewable portfolio standard,” or RPS, laws was likely the one adopted in Iowa in 19

For months, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro promised a plan to blunt fast-rising energy costs in the state by pushing power-hungry AI data centers to pay their own way. Now his office has formally released details on how he intends to turn BYOE—“bring your own energy”—into more th

Governor Spencer Cox says nuclear, geothermal, and solar power should help fuel the colossal Stratos Project.

California is trying to phase out fossil fuels, but it still needs gas. That makes for messy politics.

The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.

High gas prices are driving EV growth in other parts of the world — but American drivers are favoring hybrids.

Despite U.S. opposition, an overwhelming majority of nations agreed that failing to address climate change could be grounds to seek reparations.

Democrats won big in last year’s election. This year, they’re aiming to win a majority on the commission.

As the oil crisis deepens across the globe, households and industries are using less fossil fuel — maybe permanently.

Mark Carney is counting on Alberta’s oil sands to help him survive Trump’s trade agenda.

A sweeping national climate assessment argues that exclusion from decision-making has amplified Indigenous vulnerability to floods, storms, and erosion.

Sávio Bortolini Pimentel just missed getting on the roster to represent his national team, Brazil, at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. At the time, he was a 20-year-old professional player with the Rio de Janeiro team Flamengo. He recalls other players telling him af

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—The day before his 41st birthday, Hernando Morales found himself hurrying his one-year-old into the backseat of his car when an industrial tank just over a mile away from his apartment threatened to explode and release toxic chemicals throughout the area. Fiv

The shoreline of Louisiana has never been still or fixed, though recent generations have treated it as such. Since the last ice age roughly 20,000 years ago, around when people arrived in what is now the United States, sea levels have repeatedly reshaped aspects of the Gulf Coast

More than a month after Sinlaku hit the Western Pacific, the death toll stands at 17 and many families remain without stable housing or electricity.

Years after wildfire scares, parents are left wondering if their children's chronic illnesses began with what was in the air before they were born.

Will chemical recycling revolutionize the fashion industry, or is it just “an excuse to keep producing plastic clothes”?

By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say Hawaiian Electric Co. can sidestep rules years in the making.

A new paper says New Orleans must relocate inland. But that’s a lot harder when your economy revolves around seafood.

“It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry.”

Researchers are just beginning to understand the human cost of America's retreat from international aid.