Procedural rules for the plastics treaty negotiations say that, for substantive issues, delegates “ shall make every effort ” to reach agreement by consensus. Otherwise they can vote by a two-thirds ...

Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.

Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.

Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, Texas, an unincorporated town on the banks of the Guadalupe River where they’d camp, swim, and fish. Sometimes ...

So, on June 17, when the USDA announced the end of $148.6 million in funding awarded by prior administrations to projects ...

They’re gearing up for a contentious week and a half, and preparing for the possibility of more deadlock — in which case ...

A nationwide survey find that your readiness for the next flood or fire depends more on who you are than where you live.

A new report is the first to put hard numbers to that effectiveness in the United States and Canada. The analysis quantifies ...

Research shows 40% of small businesses do not reopen after a natural disaster and another 25% shutter within a year of the ...

The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was ...

In almost all parts of the country, the amount people pay for electricity on their power bills — the retail price — has risen ...

A new conservative push for environmental stewardship clashes with policies that expand drilling, logging, and deregulation.