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The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.
Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it’s happening at an uneven rate. That’s bad news for its sprawling public transportation system.
The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost?
As the regulatory fight over toxic sterilization facilities continues, the health of more than 14 million people may hang in the balance.
Republican lawmakers want to use the Congressional Review Act to permanently erase federal land use plans in Alaska — and beyond.
One sound index used to monitor biodiversity fell by as much as 15 percent following particularly smoky days, according to a new study.
A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants.
