Environment

Urban parks get their power from their proximity to people. About three-quarters of residents in the 100 largest cities in the U.S. live within a 10-minute walk of a park.

Environment

Your local park has a hidden talent: helping fight climate change

5:50pm August 31, 2022

Millions of people rely on city parks to recharge, cool off and connect. But climate change is threatening the very spaces that help us cope with the stresses of living on a hotter planet.

Drinking water crisis in Jackson, Miss., continues as residents rely on bottled water

4:16pm August 31, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

Jackson, Miss., is still without access to safe drinking water, and it's not clear when it will be available. The government is trying to navigate getting bottled water to 150,000 residents.

Environment

Report: Grease, toilet wipes behind most sewage overflows in Forsyth County

3:32pm August 30, 2022

by April Laissle

A contractor's mistake caused nearly 80,000 gallons of wastewater to be released into a Winston-Salem creek last week.

Kristin Zaitz, left, and Heather Hoff of Mothers for Nuclear and Kristin's daughter Sasha make their views clear in front of California's state house.

Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today

3:12pm August 30, 2022

by Uri Berliner

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

A man walks over his collapsed mud house after heavy monsoon rains in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, on Aug. 28.

PHOTOS: A third of Pakistan is under water in catastrophic floods

2:56pm August 30, 2022

Some 33 million people are affected by this summer's floods — the result of what U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls a "monsoon on steroids." He calls the flooding a "climate catastrophe."

In this 2011 video frame released by Brazil's National Indian Foundation, an indigenous man is seen in the forest in Rondonia, Brazil. Video footage was released in 2018 by Brazil's Indian Foundation of the man who is believed to be the last surviving mem

The last member of a tribe in Brazil has died, pulling Indigenous rights into focus

6:43am August 30, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The "Man of the Hole" lived in isolation and resisted contact for decades after the rest of his tribe was massacred. His death precedes Brazil's elections, where Indigenous rights are on the ballot.

Data centers have become integral to a global economy that's powered by digital information. However, many of the facilities depend on water to keep from overheating. That is further straining water resources in places like California, where Lake Oroville

Data centers, backbone of the digital economy, face water scarcity and climate risk

6:07am August 30, 2022

by Michael Copley

About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.

A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland on Aug. 15, 2019.

Environment

Zombie ice will raise sea levels more than twice as much as previously forecast

5:15am August 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Zombie ice, or doomed ice that is no longer getting replenished by parent glaciers will raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches, according to a new study.

Environment

New England has been suffering from frequent droughts all summer

5:10am August 30, 2022

New England is experiencing more frequent droughts, which threaten farmers, deplete water supplies, and increase the risk of wildfires. This summer's been a tough one.

Republican politicians are critical of Biden's voluntary farm conservation plans

5:10am August 30, 2022

by Elizabeth Rembert

Voluntary conservation is embraced by some farmers who get payments. But some governors are comparing the Biden administration's new plan to step up conservation goals to a government takeover.