Environment

As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S. But if you’re like me, you always feel a little guilty about that. Past generations managed without air conditioning – do...

Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States,...

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to weaken a Biden-era regulation that required power plants to slash pollutants, including the emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin that impairs brain development, according to an internal agency document.Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, intends...

When it comes to energy policy, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – the official name of a massive federal tax-cut and spending bill that House Republicans passed in May 2025 – risks raising Americans’...

Fusion energy has the potential to enable the energy transition from fossil fuels, enhance domestic energy security,...

Esme StallardClimate and science correspondentReporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, FranceGetty ImagesUnregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nations has warned. "The deep sea cannot become the Wild West,"...

Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals. While adult corals build solid structures that are firmly attached to the sea floor, baby corals...

Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo of “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin holding a...

Leila NathooPolitical correspondentChristina McSorleyPolitical producerBuilders will be required to fit solar panels to the "vast majority" of new build homes in England under changes to be published this year, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said.The regulations will require developers...

The first time Donald Trump was president, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed a regulation known as the “science transparency” rule. The administration liked to call it the “secret science” rule.“Transparency” sounds...