Enviro.News

An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.

Crude oil costs close to $100 a barrel because traders are worried hostilities could soon restart and the world is burning through its emergency stockpiles.

An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.

Republican and Democratic senators struck a deal to vote on the largest overhaul of federal energy and environmental rules in decades.

At Data Center World last week, public backlash, and how to deal with it, was a popular topic.

It’s only the second time that American regulators have approved a next-generation commercial reactor for construction. Big hurdles remain.

The move marked the final step in the administration’s efforts to dismantle policies aimed at speeding the shift to electric vehicles.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.

In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.

The Trump administration had threatened to withhold some Homeland Security money unless states explored paper balloting and citizenship verification.

Hurricanes near Hawaii. A nor’easter on the East Coast. The ocean phenomenon’s influence on storms around the country may just be getting started.

President Trump has said he is considering restricting overseas sales of the fuel to bring down domestic prices, but experts say the policy will have many unintended effects.

Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.

New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

The drought-stricken state has improved its ability to collect and store rainwater. But many gallons may still rush into the Pacific.

Beachfront homeowners and beachcombers are watching the sand vanish into the ocean as torrid waves strike the coast.

A congenial legislator with a professorial air, he won battles through charm, not pugilism, passing laws to protect drinking water, redwood forests and clean air.

From climate to Covid to A.I., we face a terrifying feeling of exponential growth spinning out of our control. Are we right?

Once dismissed as occasional inconveniences, climate-related disruptions are now an inescapable fixture of summer travel. How will travelers respond?

For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern.