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The new climate bill could help reveal industrial pollution. But no law requires the government to act.
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
Regulators voted last week to prohibit wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, from being discharged into the lands and water of the Delaware River Basin.
The infrastructure woes behind a water failure
Activists in North Carolina allege that DuPont has for decades fouled Cape Fear River. They want the UN Human Rights Commission to hold it accountable.
Solar advocates in southwestern Virginia say being local, proving the technology works, and building a coalition to support it have been key to their success.
Both for the people and, potentially, for the planet
As a warming world creates an existential threat for the ski industry, resorts are reducing how much energy they need to make it snow.
Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.