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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

As climate disasters strain state budgets, a growing number of lawmakers want fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by their greenhouse gas emissions. This year, 11 states, from ...

For those who can afford solar, "now would be the time," because House Republicans want to end federal tax credits that make ...

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

A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants. A truck prepares to haul coal at the North Antelope ...

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 ...

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

After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of them members of the national service program AmeriCorps. Among them was ...