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A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations.
And it’s getting worse with extreme heat.
But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules.
Shifting political and regulatory winds have led to fewer shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues.
A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”
Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
Words considered "woke" are vanishing from National Science Foundation proposals. We tracked the changes.