The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.

The Trump administration plans to purchase robot dogs made by a Massachusetts company for its immigration enforcement operations. ICE wants to spend up to $2 million on the robots known as "Spot" — a ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.

In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?

As regulations have reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions from vehicles and industry in recent years, smoke from climate-fueled wildfires is erasing air quality gains.

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As climate action stalls, the movement is finding new energy in local fights to stop polluting, power-hungry facilities.

And not for the first time.

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Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.

Recently while picking up a banh mi in my neighborhood, I found myself transfixed by a TV in the restaurant showing what I assumed was a nature documentary. At first the footage soothed: Gentle humpba...

Solar provides more than twice the share of electricity it did five years ago.

This World Ocean Day, the ocean just handed us two pieces of good news worth celebrating — and one honest reason to keep pushing. Here’s the case almost nobody makes: a protected ocean isn&#8…

Alex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week told more than a dozen staffers to return to work after placing them on administrative leave eight months ago for signing an open letter criticizing t...

Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.

When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? Visionary climate leader Katharine K. Wilkinson offers a compassio...

Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught.

Beavers, Castor canadensis in North America and Castor fiber in Eurasia, are widely referred to as nature's engineers due to their ability to rapidly transform diverse landscapes into dynamic wet...

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The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in...

The US climate forecasting service will be absorbed into other federal departments as part of a re-organization announced to staff Thursday.

Hundreds of workers at The Washington Post stand to lose their jobs in layoffs, which could render The Post unrecognizable amid some of the most severe staff cuts the newspaper has ever seen. The Po...

A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy.

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The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.