The Department of the Interior, or DOI, has such a wide-ranging set of duties that it’s sometimes referred to in Washington, D.C. as “the department of everything else” — public lands, natural ...

Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes - people in walkable cities get about 20 percent ...

They brought in their big heavy equipment and started coming up Little River to remove debris,” Huggins said. The workers, ...

The small town Plympton, Massachusetts, eliminated 305 tons of garbage a year by making everyone pay for what they toss.

The United States is drifting ever further away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?

Scientists are exploring whether encouraging phytoplankton growth could sequester atmospheric carbon without harming oceanic ...

As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed ...

This summer’s hatchlings won’t be back on land for 30 years. It’ll take at least that long to know how global warming is ...

Replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air ...

The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay.

Despite strong evidence that plastics are harmful to people, oil-producing countries oppose action on human health.

Two days after wildfires broke out in Los Angeles last January, tech founder Edward Kushins and real estate agent Willie ...