U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams recently chose to uphold New York City's 2021 ban on gas-powered building infrastructure, ...

The report said overly optimistic assumptions about how much CO2 forests might draw down was 'masking the scale and pace of ...

Scientific research is a cornerstone of the U.S. economy. It is among the most productive actions that can be taken to grow the economy and protect the environment. The return on investment is ...

Under the Trump administration, NOAA has minimized an announcement that climate-warming carbon dioxide concentrations in the ...

Climate change. It’s a topic that has given rise to a wide range of environmental discussions and decisions such as curbing fossil fuel use, shutting down coal plants, developing wind and solar ...

Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world.

There should be consequences for companies that knowingly contribute to immeasurable environmental and public health harms.” ...

A new study lays out a scientific framework for holding individual fossil fuel companies liable for the costs of climate change by tracing specific damages back to their emissions. The researchers use ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...

The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a ...

Continued use of fossil fuels has warmed oceans, melted ice caps and led to some of the hottest years in recorded history. Dangerous and costly severe storms and wildfires have become more frequent as ...