Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has spent the last year and a half raising his national profile.

Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity

Utilities are underestimating fuel-price risk, and repeated spikes in gas prices could make many new plants uneconomic, underutilized, or stranded.

The agency estimates delaying a super-pollutant phaseout will result in millions of dollars in savings, but its calculation doesn’t take many costs into account.

America loves its pickup trucks. The Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the Ram 1500: these are not merely vehicles. They are cultural monuments on

Death toll from Israel's attacks on Lebanon since March has reached 3,433, with 10,395 injured, says Health Ministry.

The state’s so-called millionaires tax has already generated more than $3.1 billion in revenue from Massachusetts' highest earners this fiscal year.

A Democratic group is displaying a puzzling lack of ambition for the party’s policy vision.

The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Other cities are starting to shape similar funds.

Brutality towards detainees and protesters continues to unfold in Newark, NJ. The Handbasket was on-site to report.

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...

Contraception was politically untouchable — until now.

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Costs to build natural gas-fired power plants in the US increased 66% between 2023 and 2025 as developers propose building more projects nationwide to meet rising electricity demand, adding to custome...

Gov. Janet Mills said she rejected what would have been the nation’s first moratorium on data centers because it failed to exempt a project in a distressed mill town.

Costs to build natural gas-fired power plants in the US increased 66% between 2023 and 2025 as developers propose building more projects nationwide to meet rising electricity demand, adding to custome...

The No Kings movement faces its toughest test in barely a week. Will students and workers walk out to protest Trumpism?

Perth researchers find levels of plastic chemicals in the body can be reduced within a week by avoiding plastic food packaging and kitchen utensils.

SunZia has quietly begun sending enormous amounts of wind power to California, as President Donald Trump works to thwart the wind industry.

Fleming County Schools says its electric buses are quieter and cheaper to run, helping the district save money it can redirect to classrooms.

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

Israel killed 107 people, permitted only 8 percent of medical evacuations, and admitted just 20 percent of trucks.