Environment

The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh completed the trek to raise awareness of the need for clean rivers.

Federal research linking “forever chemicals” to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. There’s no medical treatment yet.

Burros, or wild donkeys, are not native to the United States, and there are divisions over how to manage their population, which grows by 20% each year, in Death Valley National Park.

Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

Florida’s coral reefs are getting hit the hardest by marine heatwaves right now, but conditions are ripe for a global coral bleaching event, NOAA says.

The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.

A Montana judge ruled Monday that citizens have a constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

Officials in Maui are warning residents that it remains too early to return to some parts of the island where firefighters have extinguished flames.

The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) established a Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Program as part of the agency’s commitment to fighting climate change and fostering partnerships with California Native American tribes. 

Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.

California has a big ass problem. The illegal shooting of five burros found dead in Death Valley National Park marked the latest chapter in the prolonged controversy.

The York Fire is burning thousands of acres, displacing countless animals, altering the natural landscape and posing serious threats to human health.

Hammerhead flatworms — an invasive pest that looks like a cross between a hammerhead shark and a leech — have been spotted in the Washington, D.C., area and across the United States.

A trail camera caught a rare ocelot sighting in Arizona, where the endangered big cat has only been spotted a handful of times over the last decade.

The price tag for cleaning up waste from the once top-secret Manhattan Project and subsequent Cold War-era nuclear research at Los Alamos National Laboratory has more than doubled in the last seven years.

Many American cities have been excavating water mains, revealing lead pipes and leaving them there.

The FIFA World Cup is one of the world’s biggest sporting events, which brings major environmental impacts. Did the men’s tournament in Qatar 2022 live up to its “carbon neutral” promise? And a look ahead at initiatives for the 2023 women’s tournament.

The $17,000 grant from the Southern California Association of Governments will help bicyclists in Los Angeles and Glendale

The state of California released a final report Thursday that lays out a cleanup plan for the Santa Susana Field Lab in the hills above the San Fernando and Simi Valleys. Advocates for a full cleanup say the plan will leave the majority of the toxic waste behind. Joel Grover reports June 8, 2023.