The new guidelines will save people $2.2 billion a year in utility costs and eliminate 71 million tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions.
Medical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything about it.
A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done.
Some of the world's largest pension funds bet big on Brazilian farmland. Communities, and the climate, are paying the price.
Tribal climate action plans are being stymied by state-owned land within reservation borders.
Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success.
Many turbines rely on high-demand rare-earth minerals. A new Department of Energy program aims to keep them out of landfills.
Biden’s green transition could overlook towns heavily reliant upon fossil fuels for industries like steelmaking and fertilizer production.
The Hague can only prosecute four types of crimes. Ecocide could become the fifth.
“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”
A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from U.S. nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands.
The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state.
Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News
Amid relentless rains, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water — enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
Activists have spent years pushing the university to divest from fossil fuels. With a $177 million deficit, that may not happen.
Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
A new report finds that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty."
In an unusual move, opponents of the rule have asked the highest court to pause the rule even as dozens of lawsuits in lower courts remain undecided.
Excerpts from a Q&A with bestselling degrowth author Kohei Saito.
For children living near U.S. highways, a transition to zero-emission electric vehicles will mean reduced exposure to dangerous exhaust.