Climate

The shutdown of the U.S. government could have ripple effects for human health and the environment as an already weakened Environmental Protection Agency will see nearly all of its staff …

Celebrated for decades as Hollywood royalty, Jane Fonda could easily be living a comfortable life of extravagance and leisure. Instead, the 87-year-old actor and Vietnam War-era provocateur is as likely …

The European Union has unveiled a $638-million (545-million euro) package to scale up renewables investment in Africa. The funds will support electrification, modernize power grids and improve access to renewables, …

VATICAN CITY — Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration’s climate skepticism this week and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church’s moral …

Facing mounting legal troubles and regulatory hurdles, the Texas-based firm trying to restart offshore oil production along Santa Barbara’s coast is now considering a plan that would keep its controversial …

Arbor Energy is, essentially, a poster child of the kind of biomass energy project California keeps saying it wants. The state’s goal is to reduce wildfire risk on 1 million …

PORTLAND, Maine — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal shark …

Tesla Inc. urged US environmental regulators to maintain ambitious tailpipe emissions standards that were put in place to push the industry to sell electric vehicles in larger numbers. Regulations finalized …

More than half a million Californians live among waterways in low-lying towns of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where 1,100 miles of levees made of dirt and rocks protect homes from …

Across the nation’s beloved national parks this summer, skeleton crews — whittled down by the Trump administration’s reduction of the federal workforce — have struggled to keep trash from piling …