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Recycling batteries could reduce the need to mine critical minerals - but only if the packs are properly recovered.

The upstate New York city would be one of the first in the country to tackle the energy woes of affordable housing.

More than half the nation's wetlands could lose protection under the Clean Water Act.

How advocates are helping understaffed communities field complicated federal grants.

A quarter of the 13,000 chemicals commonly added to plastics are known to have hazardous properties.

It's the strongest cyclone to hit the U.S. territory in 20 years.

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America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.

Amtrak is the climate-friendly option — if extreme weather doesn't disrupt your trip.

The Arizona mine project won't move forward until more discussions with Indigenous communities.

That's because chemicals banned under the 1987 Montreal Protocol are also potent greenhouse gases.

A new report says beverage companies like Coca-Cola must be “held accountable for the supply chain impacts of their plastics.”

Struggling with depression and on leave from his corporate job, Olatunji Oboi Reed decided to get his bike out of the basement. That ride set him on a new path that led to his current work, promoting racial equity in transportation and beyond.

The study finds that, despite their cost and other drawbacks, such programs can help small cities reach their climate goals.

The Biden administration has temporarily resolved a dire water crisis — with help from a wet winter.

New documents show Energy Transfer spent big on police gear and worked with a cadre of spin doctors to fight an information war against protesters.

The iconic singer has a long history of taking seemingly "political" positions that say less about her convictions than about our own.

Experts say the hunger crisis in Somalia and Ethiopia highlights an urgent need for adaptation funding.

The city is spending billions to protect Manhattan. Other boroughs, not so much.

The programs are meant to put rural electric cooperatives on equal footing with larger privately owned companies.