Recycling food waste nationwide instead of tossing it into a landfill could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research from the University of Vermont.
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Trump's order keeping an Orlando coal plant online renews environmental justice concerns over who pays AI's pollution bill.
Nearly two years ago, Hurricane Helene brought unprecedented destruction to western North Carolina. A new graphic novel reminds readers that a 1,000-year storm like this could happen again in our lifetimes.
Delhi has adopted a new policy to make most new vehicles electric, aiming to improve air quality. The plan includes subsidies, tax waivers, and incentives for scrapping old vehicles.
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took office.
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
Little-known company Teton Digital is pushing an AI project that could release one million tons of annual emissions.
Many manufacturers burn fossil fuels to make snacks, materials, and chemicals. High electricity costs are complicating their efforts to switch to cleaner technologies.
Europe’s solar and wind farms are actively choosing not to produce energy, as experts warn more investment is needed in storage and flexible technologies.
The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division recently changed its name to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and added “unleashing American energy” to its mission.
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain.
The Western U.S. is sitting on billions of tons of unmined coal, a new report from the U.S. Department of the Interior finds.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns' government promised no new coal mines but permits expanding existing sites, despite being behind on climate targets.
Developing Asian nations, scarred by Middle East supply shocks, are working to scale back their reliance on imported fuels, including liquefied natural gas.
With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.
The Forest Service remains stretched on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho — a place with ties to key agency leaders — and is leaning on volunteer groups for help.
The judge rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of a recent court ruling and ordered officials to release funds for a $2.8 billion federal program.
New polling finds broad agreement that the climate crisis is worsening heat, floods, and wildfires.
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