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From California to the Congo, policymakers have long sacrificed Indigenous peoples in the name of conservation.
Shareholder advocacy groups have already won plastics-related concessions from companies including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels.
But what would change if we added a number to the hurricane scale?
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
Ohio governor calls on Congress to investigate how that could happen.
A study suggests there could be an unexpected upside to ChatGPT's popularity.
Air pollution will plummet as EVs and renewables are adopted, showcasing the public-health benefits of moving away from fossil fuels.
Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction.
A rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management would cut leasing fees for those projects by 80 percent.