The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, ...

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...

The Trump EPA said it would keep the PFOA and PFOS drinking water limits but give utilities until 2031 to comply with them, instead of 2029. The rules for the other four compounds will be scrapped and ...

Nationwide, tens of thousands of Indigenous households use firewood to help heat their homes. That’s why the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is making sure their elders have the chopped wood ...

Decades after flooding drove his family from their Louisiana home, June returns to replant the land, and grapple with its legacy.

After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.

A new podcast series digs into what drove these activists to pull these shocking stunts — and whether they actually work. In 2023, Alessandra Ram and Samantha Oltman, two journalists who met at Wired ...

The agency quietly removed webpages on rural energy, climate-smart agriculture, and federal loans — until farmers sued.

While Solar for All funds languish, the state continues to lag behind most of the nation when it comes to renewable energy.

Renée Sharp, director of plastics and petrochemical advocacy at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, called this ...

Fisher calls AmeriCorps the “connective tissue” that makes it easier to coordinate after disasters, thanks to its connections across the country. The agency boasts that it is “often the first to ...

In the past, winters were so cold that she could walk on the ice that naturally formed over the creek. Now it no longer freezes, and neither do the human-made snow bridges. “It’s directly caused by ...