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Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.

The community had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week.

The case is part of a growing movement to force climate action through the courts, led in part by Indigenous youth.

"Abrupt changes" threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, a new study finds.

As a fight over voting districts consumes the Texas legislature, funding for flood relief remains elusive.

Armed with drones and lasers, scientists are creating detailed 3D maps of Tybee Island’s shifting shoreline.

There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.

Federal laws meant to protect land and wildlife are being misused to curb wind and solar development across the U.S.

Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes.

How the necessary work of cleaning up can make an even bigger mess.

The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.

Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions — and no jobs.

The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay.

As the U.N. body faces an American threat to its jurisdiction over deep-sea mining, diplomats have more or less left all the important questions unanswered.

Procedural hurdles once again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic pollution.

The U.S. is drifting away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?

Faced with a looming fuel crunch, some worry the state will push aside its efforts to combat climate change to keep gasoline flowing.

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.

The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction.