An $18M grant would have drastically reduced food waste. Then the EPA cut it.
4:45am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Once a little girl roaming the vibrant fields of an organic lettuce farm in Kealakekua, Hawai’i,…Trump calls program to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills ‘unnecessary’
4:30am By Naveena Sadasivam
Last year, the Low Income Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, distributed nearly $4 billion to…The head of FEMA defended the agency on Capitol Hill. Trump fired him
Thu 6:55pm By Tik Root
On Thursday, the Trump administration forced Cameron Hamilton, the acting head of the Federal…Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s shortcomings — but still sell it as a solution
Thu 9:00am By Joseph Winters
For years, the plastic industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and…Why are all of America’s biggest cities sinking?
Thu 5:01am By Matt Simon
Cities sit unmoving on the landscape — a sprawling collection of roads, sidewalks, and buildings…The Trump administration has all but stopped enforcing environmental laws
Thu 4:45am By Tom Perkins
Protecting the nation from polluters is a core function of the Environmental Protection Agency. But…How Trump’s latest rollback could raise your utility bills
May 7, 2025, 3:13 pm By Tik RootThe federal Energy Star program is among the most successful government initiatives in modern…What is it like on the climate job market right now?
May 7, 2025, 11:05 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The vision “The uncertainty of the situation is taking an emotional toll on our entire community.…A malaria-like disease spread by ticks is moving into Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
May 7, 2025, 4:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
Ellen Stromdahl was at a garden party in coastal Virginia in June 2023 when her friend Albert Duncan…Coming this summer: Record-breaking heat and plenty of hurricanes
May 7, 2025, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
With less than a month to go until summer, weather forecasters have been dropping some troubling…A ‘green backlash’ helped conservatives win in Germany. What happens now?
May 7, 2025, 4:15 am By Saqib Rahim
In February, Germany held an election that had many echoes of the one the United States held in…A “green backlash” helped conservatives win in Germany. What happens now?
May 7, 2025, 4:15 am By Saqib RahimIn February, Germany held an election that had many echoes of the one America held in November.…Want climate solutions in Indigenous territories? Better get consent.
May 7, 2025, 4:00 am By Maria Parazo Rose
Four years ago, Harvard University moved a long-planned solar geoengineering project from Arizona to…Louisana already has 4 LNG terminals. It just added another.
May 7, 2025, 3:45 am By Tristan Baurick
On many nights, John Allaire can turn off the lights in his house and keep reading a book by the…The National Weather Service is once again translating life-saving alerts. What happened?
May 6, 2025, 2:43 pm By Ayurella Horn-Muller
At the beginning of last month, the National Weather Service discontinued its automated…In Georgia, a fight over credit for its clean energy boom
May 6, 2025, 4:45 am By Gautama Mehta
If Joe Biden’s presidency had a capstone achievement, it was the Inflation Reduction Act, and if…This commonly used plastic chemical caused 350,000 heart disease-related deaths in 1 year
May 6, 2025, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
More than 16,000 chemicals are used to produce plastics — and some are silently killing us.…Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy
May 5, 2025, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
For much of the 20th century, winter brought an annual ritual to Princeton, New Jersey. Lake…At UN, mining groups tout protections for Indigenous people
May 5, 2025, 4:15 am By Anna V. Smith, High Country NewsThis story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. In mid-April, the Trump administration…USAID cuts are hitting global conservation projects hard
May 4, 2025, 9:00 am By Adam Welz, Yale E360
On February 3, Elon Musk typed a now-notorious post to his social media platform X: “Spent the…
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