Enviro.News

The country’s vulnerable environment and growing dependence on China have raised questions about the sustainability of its economic success.

A new analysis found 2019 was the hottest for the world’s oceans. The five hottest years have also been in the past five years. 

The White House, hoping to speed infrastructure projects like pipelines, will formally introduce changes to a half century-old landmark environmental law.

The cab business is down 75 percent in less than a decade. The plan is to make taxis a lot more like their app-hailed rivals.

In an interview with the local media, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed regret but reiterated that economic concerns would still play a key role in climate policies.

Critics see a concerted effort to shift blame, protect conservative leaders and divert attention from climate change.

As firefighters battle flames across the country, Australia’s prime minister is fighting to keep climate change out of the conversation.

Lebanon is a byway for migratory birds. To protect them from hunting, a conservationist turned to Islamic tradition.

Climate and environmental activists are growing impatient with a Democratic-led House that they view as not doing enough to enact their agenda.

The relentlessness of the blazes is increasingly pushing Australia beyond crisis mode into anger and fatigue.

Our reporters have been on the ground documenting the disaster as it unfolded, whether interviewing evacuees or following firefighters.

Velvet worms, trapdoor spiders: Scientists worry about the fate of the nation’s many remarkable, overlooked endemic creatures.

The golf course in Jersey City, N.J., says it needs the land to compete for tournaments. A birder counters, “It’s really just an obscenity.”

In this sobering documentary, Nikolaus Geyrhalter looks at how humans are changing the planet one backhoe at a time.

The move by the group of young climate activists was another sign that left-wing advocacy organizations have increasingly coalesced around the Vermont senator’s candidacy.

There are so many places in the world, and only 52 spots. How do we choose? (Do you know all the synonyms for “argue”?)

Also this week, wildfires in Australia

2019 was a very hot year, with global average temperatures the second highest on record,by less than one-tenth of a degree Fahrenheit behind 2016. 

Millions of animals, many found on no other continent, may have perished, and Australians are taking care of survivors.

Readers share how they are coping with wildfires that have swept through parts of Australia. Some fled to the beach for safety. Others stayed behind to defend their homes.