Legal scholars warn that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s August move to void the agency’s 2009 endangerment finding could strip industry of a key shield against federal ...

Two Republican senators are blocking three of President Trump’s Treasury Department nominees to protest a new executive order tightening deadlines for federal wind and solar tax breaks.Kelsey ...

Experts and Hiroshima survivors say the world is closer to nuclear arms use than at any time since the Cold War, yet public pressure for disarmament has faded.Padraig Moran reports for CBC Radio.In ...

A lightning-sparked blaze near the North Rim has torched more than 123,000 acres since July 4, forcing Grand Canyon National Park to close for the remainder of the season with firefighters holding ...

Under new U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rules quietly issued this summer, states and cities must certify they do not boycott Israeli companies before receiving disaster aid.Maxine ...

A landmark Lancet analysis warns that surging plastic output is driving disease, premature death, and mounting economic losses worldwide.Damian Carrington reports for The Guardian.In short:Global ...

New Zealand’s center-right coalition has scrapped a seven-year moratorium on new oil and gas permits, arguing fresh drilling will stabilize energy supplies and prices.Eva Corlett reports for The ...

Environmental advocates say the new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement weakens mandatory nutrient-reduction rules and could stall restoration gains.Aman Azhar reports for Inside Climate News.In ...

Facing a summer of intense blazes across the West, the U.S. Forest Service is short more than one-quarter of its firefighting force after layoffs and retirements, internal documents show.Kylie Mohr ...

Young, right-leaning activists trying to green the GOP are colliding with a White House that is selling off public lands and ...

As the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Gold King mine blowout approaches, Silverton residents say federal cleanup efforts have yet to stem the constant flow of metal-laden water into the Animas ...

At a recent hearing, Kerrville residents described a chaotic official response to the July 4 Hill Country floods that left bodies unaccounted for and an oil-coated lake still undrained.Saul Elbein ...