A long list of upcoming trials are complicating Bayer’s efforts to escape the costly, ongoing litigation over the health effects of Roundup.
Climate & Environment
The most significant climate legislation ever enacted by Congress has become law, without the word “climate” in its title. Here’s how it can benefit state and local energy and climate programs.
Origin Park is a unique urban park set in over 600 acres on the north shore of the Ohio River, located on the Indiana side.
Toxic chemicals like PFAS are found in everything from menstrual products, canned foods, receipts, cosmetics, food containers, nonstick pans and many other consumer and industrial products like firefighting foam.
Joe Manchin has once again placed the profits of his donors and his own wallet above the needs of his constituents and the rest of the world by blocking U.S. efforts to bring carbon emissions into line with international targets.
To answer the question of “how hot is too hot?” researchers brought young, healthy men and women into a lab to experience heat stress in a controlled environment.
Flathead Lake is the largest body of freshwater in the western U.S. outside of Alaska. It’s known for its water quality, but the clean and clear lake now faces the threat of pollution from microplastics.
It’s not an exaggeration to call the Southwest’s water shortage a crisis. Declining river levels are compromising electricity generation from hydropower, which affects the power supply for millions of people.
In a political landscape already divided over climate action, the SCOTUS ruling in West Virginia vs. EPA effectively leaves state and local governments to face a global challenge on their own.
Efforts like reducing carbon emissions are important to fight climate change, but cities should also be looking at how they can reinforce roads, stabilize electric grids and use new technologies to build resilient communities.
The court's ruling held the Trump administration's 2020 interim registration of glyphosate to be unlawful because "EPA did not adequately consider whether glyphosate causes cancer and shirked its duties under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)."
Industrial and commercial zones are frequently among the hottest areas, or heat islands, in cities. They typically have fewer trees to cool the air and more pavement and buildings to retain and radiate heat.
The transition would help Canada achieve its global climate commitments, create tens of thousands of new jobs and meet the growing demand for electricity.
In an election largely fought on climate, Australia tosses the Prime Minister who once brought a lump of coal to parliament.
Two studies show it is not a great idea to count on forests as a widespread carbon solution for climate change through the 21st century, particularly if societies don’t reduce their emissions.
Although wildfires in California have historically peaked in the late summer and fall, Orange County Fire Authority Assistant Chief of Field Operations TJ McGovern told CNN that this is already the area's fourth blaze this year.