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On the Pigeon River, one town celebrates a paper mill's closure as another mourns — and both face an uncertain future.

Pollution from the 2019 fire remained elevated long after shelter-in-place warnings ended, according to an analysis of previously unreported air and monitoring data.

The new thriller takes a radical climate activist's argument into the mainstream — sort of.

A budding El Niño and climate change likely play a role, experts say.

A century-old miscalculation has California and Arizona fighting over water. Again.

Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm.

Climate court cases are about to get a lot more interesting.

Oak flat is one of the largest copper sources in North America. It's also the San Carlos Apache Tribe's most sacred site.

It may not be as dramatic as when the West burns, but an unseasonably warm, dry winter could make fire season longer and more intense.

Past and present pollution will now be taken into account before new industry moves into already beleaguered neighborhoods.

For decades, Sharon Lavigne saw her neighbors in St. James Parish, Louisiana, suffer due to industrial pollution. But when yet another plant planned to open in her community, she decided to do something about it.

“I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."

The oceanic phenomenon could lead to more pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae.

The $30 billion barrier may fail to block climate-fueled storm surge — and won’t prevent other urban flooding in Houston.

Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country's development goals and slow economic growth, new research shows.

The loss of the once-sprawling ice fields in the Rwenzori Mountains has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.

Ascend Elements’ new recycling plant in Covington, Georgia is processing used lithium-ion batteries and manufacturing scrap into useful materials for the clean energy transition.

Leaders say PFAS contamination from military bases is threatening Indigenous lives and rights.

There’s no solid evidence that framing the global problem as a local one prompts people to act. So what does?

As the Department of Energy aims to boost energy reliability in Puerto Rico, local solutions are already doing just that.