Climate

In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that …

BOGOTA, Colombia — Environmental experts are warning that the U.S. push to modernize Venezuela’s oil infrastructure and increase production could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase planet-warming pollution in a country …

The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it’s incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year. The Trump administration wants to see this unusual power plant …

A tiny beetle responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees in Southern California has reached Ventura County, marking a troubling expansion. This is the farthest north the goldspotted …

The Trump administration has released an outline of four new options for dealing with the Colorado River’s deepening water shortages, and they could dramatically cut the amount of water available …

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday doubled down on California’s commitment to electric vehicles with proposed rebates intended to backfill federal tax credits canceled by the Trump administration. The plan would …

PORTLAND, Maine — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave …

Millions of people living on the expanding outskirts of Australia’s major cities face an increasing risk of urban wildfires similar to the deadly blazes in Los Angeles County last year. …

Exactly one year ago, I drove up Pacific Coast Highway just before dawn. Toppled utility poles and downed wires littered the street. In a tunnel of thick black smoke, flurries …

One of the largest farming businesses in Arizona has agreed to use less water and pay $11 million in a deal that state officials say will help preserve disappearing groundwater …