Climate

In April, President Trump issued an executive order announcing his plan to protect “American energy from state overreach” and directing the Justice Department to block state and local climate initiatives “that threaten American energy dominance and our economic and...

In Iraq, the landscape that cradled civilization is enduring a water crisis with profound implications. Source link

Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.“This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable...

China, the world’s clean-energy juggernaut, faces a rival right next door. And one of its top customers, no less.India, a big buyer of Chinese solar panels and electric vehicle batteries, is using a raft of government incentives to make...

Twice a month, planes land on the gravel airstrip in Noatak, Alaska, about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle, carrying the diesel that residents need to heat their homes in the bitter cold.And once a month, they receive...

Fish and seafood can be a more environmentally friendly protein choice than other animal foods like beef, pork, and chicken. But you need to choose carefully.Not all fish are sustainable. And it’s more complicated than opting for certain species...

When Don Pike takes his daily walk, he laces up his brown hiking boots, grabs his walking stick and bucket hat and heads outside. Ten feet later, he carefully slips past barbed wire and enters the Tonto National Forest....

For people on the West Coast, atmospheric rivers, a weather phenomenon that can bring heavy rain or snow from San Diego to Vancouver, are as common a feature of winter as Nor’easters are in Boston.Like those East Coast storms,...

At the start of April a deadly torrent of rains caused flooding across the Midwest, as days of severe storms ravaged much of the central part of the United States. A month later, the Mississippi River in New Orleans...

When K Allado-McDowell imagines you immersing yourself in “The Known Lost” exhibition, the vision unfolds something like this: It’s a hot, hectic day in New York City, and you slip into the serene gallery hosting the show.You see another...