Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it will tighten pollution standards for cars and light trucks in an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles.Why it matters: Transportation overall...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine you are in a meadow picking flowers. You know that some flowers are safe, while others have a bee inside that will sting you. How...

The White House on Thursday announced a new strategy to identify and treat health issues in veterans who may have been exposed to chemical, physical and environmental hazards while serving....

Scientists have long known that ultraviolet light can kill pathogens on surfaces and in air and water. UV robots are used to disinfect empty hospital rooms, buses and trains; UV...

Top executives from Exxon Mobil, BP America, Chevron, and Shell Oil testified Thursday at a House Oversight Committee hearing in what Rep. Ro Khanna promises will be a year-long investigation...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As entrepreneurs, adaptability is one of the most important skills that make our work relevant and impactful. The more adaptable we are,...

The end-Cretaceous mass extinction 66 million years ago was characterized by a worldwide ecological catastrophe and rapid species turnover. Arboreal (tree-dwelling) species were especially at risk of extinction due to...

Most of the air we breathe comes from algae and other aquatic organisms that have been photosynthesizing sunlight into oxygen for a billion years. But not all algae are life-giving....

News @andrew_andrew__ Sep 26, 2021, 1:13 pm EDT | 1 min read Northwestern UniversityCollections of millimeter-sized electronics may one day float through the air, collecting data on the air, the...

The Biden administration’s decision Monday to issue a regulation that limits workers’ exposure to extreme heat didn’t come soon enough to save the life of Sebastian Francisco Perez. Perez was a 38-year-old agricultural...