The Trump White House has moved to roll back protections that require federal agencies to consider climate change when assessing environmental impacts of infrastructure projects.

A massive oil export terminal could put a major restoration project in jeopardy. Here's how you can help: Regional.

A massive oil export terminal could put a major restoration project in jeopardy. Here's how you can help: Regional.

The Trump White House has made it official: The U.S. now stands completely alone as the only nation in the world not participating in the Paris climate agreement.

The Trump White House has made it official: The U.S. now stands completely alone as the only nation in the world not participating in the Paris climate agreement.

Ordinary fleet vehicles doing their normal jobs in cities have hidden potential to shape actions that protect health and the climate. This is possible with the help of advanced mobile air pollution sensors paired with connected vehicle GPS technologies that allow cities to map pollutants at a hyperlocal scale. Air quality can be eight times […]

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Statement from Christie Hicks, Senior Attorney

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Friendship can help get us through the climate crisis. Denworth says turning to our friends now is an evolutionary response, especially for women who respond to crisis by “tending and befriending.” “Friendship,” she said, “is designed to help us through the stresses of life.”

After an hour of flying in a small plane across the Pacific Ocean with no land in sight, we began to wonder how much farther it would be before we would see land again. About two hours into the flight, the peaks of one of the three volcanic islands rose above the local cloud cover, […]

After an hour of flying in a small plane across the Pacific Ocean with no land in sight, we began to wonder how much farther it would be before we would see land again. About two hours into the flight, the peaks of one of the three volcanic islands rose above the local cloud cover, […]

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Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA recently held a public meeting where it unveiled its first set of confidential business information (CBI) claim “determinations.”  These came three and half years after updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) required EPA to review CBI claims and publicly state the basis for its decision […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA recently held a public meeting where it unveiled its first set of confidential business information (CBI) claim “determinations.”  These came three and half years after updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) required EPA to review CBI claims and publicly state the basis for its decision […]

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairs Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) unveiled a discussion draft of the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act.

Many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers, according to new research from an international team of scientists led by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and the University of Aberdeen.