For the first time ever, the amount of global electricity generated by renewable energy surpassed that from coal during the first six months of 2025. According to the think tank Ember, solar and wind ...

In just 24 hours, the area, which is generally very dry, received more rain than what typically falls in a year, from Storm Daniel in the Mediterranean, similar to a hurricane and called a “medicane.” ...

As many communities across the country remove lead water lines following the Flint, Michigan, crisis, there’s concern they may be “leaping from the frying pan into the fire” if they replace those ...

The U.S. is facing a slow-rolling crisis over access to clean, safe drinking water but lacks a coordinated response to address the root causes of the problems, many of which are aging infrastructure.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Northern California was the go-to lender for renewable energy and clean technology firms. SVB understood the financing mechanisms unique to those industries and was the ...

The first anniversary of the war in Ukraine has passed, and its effects on the people and the environment will last for generations to come. Thousands of people have been killed, millions displaced, ...

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are the largest of the 18 penguin species that exist today. They have adapted to survive in Antarctic temperatures that can drop to -50 Celsius (-58 F) and ...

Much of the first dam to be deconstructed, the Copco 2, is now gone, allowing the river to flow freely at that point. Jefferson Public Radio reports that the remaining three reservoirs can be drawn ...

One rarely hears about someone in the military defying a direct order, but that’s what’s happening in Tucson, Arizona, because of a recent Supreme Court decision. Last May, the Environmental ...

The Biden administration acted last week to preserve rivers, lakes, and forests in northeastern Minnesota that have been threatened by copper and nickel mining. More than 225,000 acres of the Superior ...

The seven states in the Colorado River Basin have been unable to agree on a plan to manage the river’s water, as long-term drought and climate change shrink available supplies. The three states in the ...