“Currently, [critical mineral policy is] being deployed to advance a bellicose nationalism,” said Lorah Steichen, the research manager at the Transition Security Project, a nonprofit that investigates ...

A $2.4 billion upgrade to Caltrain is shaving time off trips, boosting ridership, and reducing riders’ exposure to toxic diesel pollution.

With the federal government retreating from climate action, cities and states have increasingly stepped in to ease emissions and address the crisis. But new research finds that those efforts often ...

The Bad River Band is fighting to stop Line 5 and protect its watershed. Meanwhile, local sheriffs are already tallying the ...

As climate change remakes the mountains, the fight to save Appalachia's iconic hellbender salamander is becoming a fight for ...

The Interior Department must force seven bickering states to agree on drastic water cuts — after the driest winter in decades ...

Last week, the ag department finally settled the lawsuit, agreeing to share the datasets used to power its climate risk viewer and other tools. Even though most of the webpages in question had already ...

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Not far from the crowds of Venice, sea lavender locks away carbon, builds ecosystems, and could help coastal cities weather a ...

Historically, ski resorts in the West have relied on snowmaking much less than those in other parts of the country. Fewer ...

Utah Republicans are calling for an energy "divorce" from blue states. A major utility just granted part of their wish.

New research finds that Arctic peatlands are expanding as the far north undergoes rapid changes. It's an ominous sign.