There have been questions raised about whether cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) by the Trump Administration ...

Fireflies are nature’s flash mob—appearing briefly to dazzle and glow before dying. That makes the charismatic creatures, which are crucial to ecosystem health, challenging to study, but a team of ...

The Roadless Rule, which was first implemented by the Clinton administration nearly 25 years ago, protects 30 percent of national forest land, and, as the Colorado Sun reports, environmental advocates ...

The action taken by the Trump administration “...is not only harmful, it’s illegal.” That was the reaction of Erik Olson, of the Natural Resources Defense Council to the EPA’s plan to roll back ...

The tariff wars started by President Trump are likely to speed up seabed mining of metals in the Pacific Ocean, which could endanger marine environments. A U.S. company called Impossible Metals ...

Ever since Trump announced that he wants the U.S. to acquire Greenland, it’s become clear that he covets the island in part because of its natural resources, including fossil fuels and critical ...

At the end of last week, firefighters were making progress to contain the largest wildfires burning in Southern California as winds were calmer, but the forecast this week is for more Santa Ana winds ...

A case began last week at the International Court of Justice that seeks to order the United States, China, and Russia, among others, to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and provide financial aid ...

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