Climate, clean energy, and the technology and policy reshaping the planet's future.

As bad as things got in Los Angeles in January 2025, when 31 people died and more than 16,000 buildings were destroyed by wildfires roaring into residential neighborhoods, many wildland firefighters look back on the rest of last year as a dodged bullet.  Across the nation, accord

FOLKSTON, Ga.—The world’s smallest heron hops from blade to blade in a patch of tall grass, testing its footing above the dark water as it searches for an evening meal. “This was already worth the trip out today,” Joshua Howard said earlier this month from a gray flat-bottomed to

The world’s largest meat company is preparing to build a sprawling industrial beef operation in Nigeria—its first on the African continent—but has not revealed details about its plans, prompting a challenge by environmental advocates. JBS, the Brazilian beef juggernaut plagued by

A vast swamp in southeast Georgia, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is an environmental wonderland: a protected wilderness of blackwater channels, peat and dense wetland forests, supporting a rich array of wildlife and plant life.  By July, the Okefenokee could be internat

India is increasingly turning to cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs. Its solar buildout could soon be a model for other emerging economies.

Sávio Bortolini Pimentel just missed getting on the roster to represent his national team, Brazil, at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. At the time, he was a 20-year-old professional player with the Rio de Janeiro team Flamengo. He recalls other players telling him af

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—The day before his 41st birthday, Hernando Morales found himself hurrying his one-year-old into the backseat of his car when an industrial tank just over a mile away from his apartment threatened to explode and release toxic chemicals throughout the area. Fiv

The shoreline of Louisiana has never been still or fixed, though recent generations have treated it as such. Since the last ice age roughly 20,000 years ago, around when people arrived in what is now the United States, sea levels have repeatedly reshaped aspects of the Gulf Coast

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with author Terry Tempest Williams.  At first glance, a desert may appear barren. But it’s actually a place teeming with life. There are coyotes, wind in

Nearly three dozen young lab-grown elkhorn corals were outplanted onto reefs in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park this spring, including a group of “Flondurans,” marking the first time this experimental cross-breed of Florida and Honduran elkhorn corals was introduced to the r

President Donald Trump said new regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants will reduce the prices consumers pay for groceries and will not impact the environment. However, U.S. chemical, refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturers said the changes will raise prices and hi

More than a month after Sinlaku hit the Western Pacific, the death toll stands at 17 and many families remain without stable housing or electricity.

Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport breaks down some of the tools that can help manage anxiety in the face of mounting climate catastrophe.

No matter what a retailer says about its climate goals, its main goal is to make you buy more clothes.

Years after wildfire scares, parents are left wondering if their children's chronic illnesses began with what was in the air before they were born.

Governor Spencer Cox says nuclear, geothermal, and solar power should help fuel the colossal Stratos Project.

Will chemical recycling revolutionize the fashion industry, or is it just “an excuse to keep producing plastic clothes”?

California is trying to phase out fossil fuels, but it still needs gas. That makes for messy politics.

By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say Hawaiian Electric Co. can sidestep rules years in the making.

The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.

High gas prices are driving EV growth in other parts of the world — but American drivers are favoring hybrids.

Despite U.S. opposition, an overwhelming majority of nations agreed that failing to address climate change could be grounds to seek reparations.

A new paper says New Orleans must relocate inland. But that’s a lot harder when your economy revolves around seafood.

Democrats won big in last year’s election. This year, they’re aiming to win a majority on the commission.

As the oil crisis deepens across the globe, households and industries are using less fossil fuel — maybe permanently.

“It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry.”

Mark Carney is counting on Alberta’s oil sands to help him survive Trump’s trade agenda.

Researchers are just beginning to understand the human cost of America's retreat from international aid.