Environment News & Videos
After Record Low, Monarch Butterflies Return to California
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) — There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western ...
As Cities Grow, Wastewater Recycling Gets Another Look
DENVER (AP) — Around the U.S., cities are increasingly warming to an idea that once induced ...
Drones, Viral Videos Help ‘Nature’ Thrive After 40 Years
NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years ago, the programmers at PBS were eager to experiment, so ...
Feds Propose Threatened Status for Alligator Snapping Turtle
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it is proposing ...
Biden’s Solar Ambitions Collide With China Labor Complaints
BEIJING (AP) — The Biden administration's solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry ...
Illinois Researchers Working to Save Ornate Box Turtles
FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down ...
UN: Cutting Methane Quickly Key to Curbing Dangerous Warming
Cutting the super-potent greenhouse gas methane quickly and dramatically is the world's best hope to slow ...
Republicans Ask Why White House Removed Climate Scientist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House Republicans are asking the White House for documents to explain why ...
US Sets Aside Habitat Critical for Survival of Rare Songbird
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers have set aside vast areas across several states as ...
Pandemic Puts Tulips, Bluebells, Cherry Blossoms in Hiding
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — There is no stopping flowers when they bloom, blossoms when they burst ...
Climate Change Creates Migrants. Biden Considers Protections
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New ...
Business Leaders Urge Biden to Set Ambitious Climate Goal
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 businesses and investors, including such giants as Apple, Google, Microsoft ...
Tensions Rise in Water Battle Along Oregon-California Line
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One of the worst droughts in memory in a massive agricultural region ...
Biden Budget Seeks More for Schools, Health Care and Housing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for his first federal ...
California Plans $536M For Forests Before Wildfire Season
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will authorize $536 million toward forest management projects and efforts to ...
Steep Decline in Giant Sea Turtles Seen Off US West Coast
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ...
Study: Drought-Breaking Rains More Rare, Erratic in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the ...
Want to Help Fight for Health Justice? It May be Time to Listen
A pandemic, protests and politics have highlighted the nation's long-standing, deep-seated racial issues and how they ...
GOP Legislators Disagree Over Kansas Unemployment Upgrades
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators don't yet agree on how much time to give the ...
Biden Boosts Offshore Wind Energy, Wants to Power 10M Homes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the ...
Some Medical Experts Unconvinced About Holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has ...
Masks and Gloves Are Saving Lives — and Causing Pollution
PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Disposable masks, gloves and other types of personal protective equipment are safeguarding ...
Zoos, Scientists Aim to Curb People Giving Virus to Animals
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo ...
Study Links Green Communities to Lower Stroke Risk
The greener the neighborhood, the lower the stroke risk, a new study suggests ...
New Mexico Demands More of US When Addressing Nuclear Waste
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department has rolled out its 2021 priorities for cleaning ...
17% of Food Production Globally Wasted, UN Report Estimates
NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy ...
Biden Faces Steep Challenges to Reach Renewable Energy Goals
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to change the way the U.S. uses energy ...
California Likely Faces a Critically Dry Year, Officials Say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California will likely face a critically dry year with much less runoff ...
Agency Permanently Bans Fracking Near Delaware River
A regulatory agency that's responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in ...
Agency Permanently Bans Fracking Near Delaware River
A regulatory agency that's responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in ...
Rules Planned to Save Right Whales Loom Over Lobster Fishers
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America's lobster fishery is getting close to the date when it will ...
National Spelling Bee to Return in Mostly Virtual Format
The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the ...
1st Clone of US Endangered Species, a Ferret, Announced
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated ...
Texas Governor’s Biggest Donors: Energy Industry That Failed
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in ...
US Needs to Brace Itself for More Deadly Storms, Experts Say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America needs to ...
Some Dinosaur Migration was Delayed by Climate, Study Shows
Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a ...
Autoworkers Face Uncertain Future in an Era of Electric Cars
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — When General Motors boldly announced its goal last month to make only ...
Fear and Love Surround Escobar’s Hippos Thriving in Colombia
PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (AP) — Tucked between mountain ranges, the sprawling palace of Pablo Escobar was ...
Himalayan Glacier Disaster Highlights Climate Change Risks
NEW DELHI (AP) — When Ravi Chopra saw the devastating deluge of water and debris crash ...
Biden’s Dilemma in Virus Aid Fight: Go Big or Go Bipartisan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill is forcing ...
