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A new report details 10 ways, from fracking to incineration, that plastic contributes to global warming.
A new study finds that low-income blocks have less tree cover and hotter average temperatures than high-income ones.
When a minor disaster shakes up the plans for a local ceremony, a young woman and her colleagues pull together to provide for the community.
As recycling heads to the dump, Maine and Oregon have a new strategy: Make companies pay.
States waited too long to decarbonize, and now they have to make tough choices.
A documentary, produced by the Department of Natural Resources, shares the inspiring stories of people who have gone through and overcome some of the most damaging elements of wildfire.
Maine just became the first state in the nation to pass an actual law requiring divestment of public funds from oil, gas, and coal companies.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes $8 billion to develop "clean hydrogen," but a new study finds the alternative fuel is highly polluting.
TV broadcasts and phone calls are no match for today’s quick-moving fires.