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A group of governors passed a resolution that would ban fracking near a crucial waterway on the East Coast, the…

Environmental justice may seem to some like a new buzzword that has arisen in recent years as we reckon with climate…

Winter has receded in Europe this week. Temperature records are falling as unseasonably warm weather sweeps across…

“Shadow flicker” from wind turbines, concerns about sparrow habitat on landfills, and worries about “toxic…

Glaciers in Antarctica are turning the concept of “glacial pace” on its head. A new study of a little-observed area…

The ocean may have less time than we thought before massive, irreversible shifts take place. A new study finds that…

Pennsylvania’s Lt. Gov. John Fetterman shot to viral fame this fall as a (often hilarious) voice of reason during…

Israel is scrambling to clean up black tar that has washed ashore on its beaches following an oil spill that…

Almost exactly a month before Texas plunged into darkness, a panel convened in Austin to host a discussion about the…

It’s been a hard week for everyone living in Texas as blackouts, boil notices, and bone-chilling cold rattle the…

As the crisis of rolling blackouts in Texas unfolds this week, some of the state’s loudest Republican politicians are…

The abnormally cold temperatures in Texas aren’t just affecting people. They’re also causing sea turtles to freeze up…

Texas is really going through it right now. More than four million people are still without power in Texas Tuesday…

Mental health and natural disasters may seem like something that doesn’t need too much scientific research: It seems…

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that one of his “legislative priorities” for this year is passing a bill to protect…

Some whale songs can give scientists valuable information about the ocean’s geography, according to a study…

Since the election, Facebook has cracked down on political ads across its platform in an attempt to squelch…

As the pandemic drags on, some residents of the Bay Area faced a different kind of health emergency on Tuesday: an…

This week, group of economists released an analysis that attempts to answer how much the average American drives…

The overwhelming economic consensus is that coal is out, renewables are in. Yet one company, associated with the…