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

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.

Bo French has won the Republican nomination to help run a little-known but influential regulatory office in Texas that oversees the state’s oil and gas industry.  French, whose campaign was backed by far-right Texas oil tycoons, received 50.6 percent of the vote over incumbent Ji

There is a joke Mónica Godoy Molero likes to make with her family: if you swim in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo after an oil spill, you’ll sprout a third eye.  It helps to have a twisted sense of humor when you live in a place exploited by oil companies for more than a century and i

Extreme heat is one of the most dangerous climate change risks in the United Kingdom, according to a new government-backed report that warned the nation is “built for a climate that no longer exists.”  Right after it came out, the U.K. recorded its hottest day on record for the m

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.

Mass transit systems are seeing more riders as fuel prices rise, but experts say most Americans still have little choice but to drive.

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.

Forecasters are calling for below-average activity this hurricane season, which begins Monday, June 1. The National Weather Service is predicting eight to 14 named storms, including three to six hurricanes and one to three major hurricanes of category 3, 4 or 5 strength, packing

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

GOOCHLAND, Va.—Deborah Blackburn leaned on her cane in a line to enter the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex, angst-ridden over a giant transmission line proposal for reasons that are common refrains here: It’s all to benefit data centers in Northern Virginia, and it

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.