This massive collection of seeds could help fight climate change
Workers at an Ohio arboretum are collecting thousands of seeds to help restore forests and fight climate change.
Environment
A new study points to a key window of opportunity to save Greenland's ice sheet
Even if the planet warms more than 2 degrees Celsius, the ice sheet can be protected if temperatures cool back down quickly enough.
21 species have been declared extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says
The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.
Major U.S. science group lays out a path to smooth the energy transition
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine says putting equity at the center of climate and energy policy will help speed along necessary fossil fuel emission cuts
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.
It's the warmest September on record thanks to El Niño and, yes, climate change
A new government report finds that September 2023 was the hottest in the agency's 174-year global climate record. Climate change and El Niño are driving the heat.
America can't resist fast fashion. Shein, with all its issues, is tailored for it
With clothes cheaper than a latte, built for today's microtrends, Shein courts the same young women who launched the renaissance of thrifting and resale. Legal complaints about the company are many.
Climate rules are coming for corporate America
U.S. regulators are finalizing rules that will make publicly traded companies disclose information about climate change. Other jurisdictions have been announcing similar requirements.
Landmark environmental justice case aims to fix an Alabama county's sewage problems
The Biden administration reached a landmark environmental justice agreement to fix longstanding sanitation issues in rural Lowndes County, Ala., where some homes pipe raw sewage into their yards.
England's beloved Sycamore Gap tree will be removed from Hadrian's Wall
Officials say they're amazed by the public's concern for the well-loved tree, after receiving thousands of tributes, suggestions and donations from people in the U.K. and overseas.