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Will the US finally enact national heat standards?
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
Global warming moved from the North Pole to your backyard — and so did its symbols.
Beyond the environmental impacts, a clean energy transition can provide financial and health benefits too.
Environmental regulators are "trying to do the bare minimum by throwing something through Google Translate,” one advocate said.
From backyards to sidewalks, communities in Philadelphia and beyond see food-bearing trees as a path to food justice and climate adaptation.
The record breaking settlement is still just “a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,” residents say.
From Portland to San Antonio, cities have begun to mandate that old buildings be taken apart instead of demolished. How do these ordinances work?