Environment

Forest fires have sent carbon dioxide emissions soaring in Brazil over the past two years, undermining efforts by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to restore the country's environmental credentials....

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research. An international team of scientists found...

Massachusetts may be a climate leader in the U.S., with a goal to reduce economy-wide emissions in the state to net-zero by 2050, but it will face a major obstacle...

Today, the federal government spends less than $9 billion annually on energy innovation, which is less than a quarter of what it invests in health innovation and less than a...

Sri Lanka has started shipping 242 containers of hazardous back to Britain as more Asian countries fight against being used as the world's trash dump Sri Lanka has started shipping...

In recent weeks, Texas—long considered reliably red—has become a toss-up in the presidential race. That has interesting implications for one of the most important and under-covered climate races in the...

The “Latino vote” is complicated. More than half of U.S. population growth in the last decade has been among Latinos, and conventional wisdom holds that this trend is a boon...

Health experts are advising to use electric stoves over glass flames. Electric coil and induction stoves run on electricity, with the potential for “green” energy sources such as solar and...

The Micro Modular Reactor (MMR™) system is a 4th Generation nuclear energy system that delivers safe, clean, and cost-effective electricity and heat to remote mines, industry, and communities. It is...

For over a decade, the Nabarima has sat anchored in the Gulf of Paria, an enclosed stretch of sea between Venezuela and the island of Trinidad. Photo courtesy of Fishermen and Friends...