Last August, Ecuadorians voted to keep the oil from block 43 in the heart of the Amazon rainforest’s Yasuní park in the ground. But months after...
A glaring loophole already had allowed at least a half-billion tons of the waste to go unregulated. Now the agency says many of the facilities that...
The unprecedented “reckless burning” charge came in a conservative county with a long history of tension between landowners and federal authorities, including the 2016 takeover of...
The state where the U.S. nuclear weapons program was born has dozens of now-closed uranium mines and facilities where the radioactive mineral was handled. The new...
The EU should cut its emissions to 90% below 1990 levels by 2040, according to a new roadmap released by the European Commission. This will require...
The European Union’s executive arm has proposed a target to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% but, after protests, backed away from a...
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor has sought to regulate natural gas development and embrace it at the same time, a sharp contrast to his approach to fracking as...
Robert Bullard, the “father of environmental justice,” has pledged to bring the community’s concerns to the White House. By Lee Hedgepeth SHILOH COMMUNITY, Ala.—If it’s been...
Angelenos endure deluge and mudslides from a deep-tropic system that stayed put for days By Audrey Gray LOS ANGELES—Around 9 p.m. on Sunday evening, Carol Sanborn...
The Biden administration announced the new requirement last week, citing concerns over what the energy-intensive industry could mean for climate change and energy security. By Kristoffer...