“There’s this stigma that if you’re homeless, then you’re useless. But collecting bottles and cans — it is work."
As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one.
Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ash pollution.
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way.
A regional partnership aims to train young people in anticipation of increasing demand for renewable energy-focused jobs in the heart of coal country.
Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years.
Sarah Butler, The Guardian
Legal experts say Congress misused a federal law to do so, potentially “opening up a Pandora’s box it cannot close.”
House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.
Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
In a remote corner of North America, salmon and mining companies are vying for new territory.
The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, and conservationists.
Experts say it’s past time to regulate "forever chemicals" as a class.
"Sabotage" tells the story of the real people behind Just Stop Oil's controversial, soup-throwing stunts.
Nationwide, tens of thousands of Indigenous households use firewood to help heat their homes. That’s why the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is making sure their elders have the chopped wood they need.
After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.
While Solar for All funds languish, the state continues to lag behind most of the nation when it comes to renewable energy.
Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main
A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants.
Terry L. Jones, Floodlight
For anyone who can afford to go solar, "now would be the time" because House Republicans want to end federal tax credits that make it affordable.