North Atlantic right whales were once so thoroughly hunted they nearly went extinct. In fact, they were called right whales ...

The fire department said “hazardous materials and radiological monitoring teams” continue to track the health of the air in ...

A utility megamerger announced this week would mean that the largest offshore wind project in the United States would be owned by the same company that already is the nation’s leading developer of ...

Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further ...

Farmers in Kern County's Cawelo Water District have long struggled to irrigate crops with dwindling groundwater supplies and surface water allocations. For decades, the district has supplemented that ...

An aerial view of where the Honga River empties into the Chesapeake Bay near Bishops Head, Md. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Chesapeake Bay’s health has taken a downturn, according to a ...

Frontline community groups teamed up with national environmental organizations Wednesday to sue the Trump administration for letting chemical manufacturing plants off the hook for toxic, carcinogenic ...

A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an ...

This story was produced in partnership by Inside Climate News and the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—Recent rainfall in South Texas has pushed off ...

Democrats are within reach of a majority on Georgia’s Public Service Commission, a little-known body that oversees Georgia ...