The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.

Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.

The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay.

The United States is drifting ever further away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?

Faced with a looming fuel crunch, some worry California will push aside its efforts to combat climate change to keep gasoline flowing.

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself As the U.N. body faces an American threat to its jurisdiction over deep-sea mining, diplomats have more or less left all the important ...

Replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air ...

Scientists are exploring whether encouraging phytoplankton growth could sequester atmospheric carbon without harming oceanic ...

The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction.

Despite strong evidence that plastics are harmful to people, oil-producing countries oppose action on human health.

The draft of the treaty that negotiators began working on last week mentioned human rights at least twice. But the text ...