Enviro.News

A nonprofit group is rescuing shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound.

Nine states have set goals to conserve 30 percent of their land by 2030. Maryland got there first.

A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.

Simple, affordable initiatives like rain gardens are helping to soak up water in New Orleans.

Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.

For Earth Day, we asked the experts. They shared advice on how to be the best planetary citizen possible.

For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”

The pope and the president remade the Catholic church and American politics in their outsider images, but their relationship was defined by their remarkable clashes.

The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.

Francis framed climate change as an urgent spiritual issue and helped push the world to take action.

As pontiff, Francis sought to build bridges with global corporate leaders, who sought audiences with him — but also to remind them about the need to look out for the poor.

For years, a factory offered farmers its sewage as free fertilizer, and the surrounding land — some of which is still used to grow food — became contaminated with “forever chemicals.” Hiroko Tabuchi, a reporter for The New York Times covering pollution, explains what happened and what could hamper the cleanup.

The draft executive order would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.

The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.

Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.

Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina.

The plight of American honeybees drew a journalist away from his usual beat covering energy.

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.

The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”

Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.