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January 2017 was third-warmest January on record

January 2017 was third-warmest January on record

. February 19, 2017

January 2017 was the third warmest January in 137 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global....

How Trump is planning to dismantle Obama-era policies on carbon emissions and water pollution

How Trump is planning to dismantle Obama-era policies on carbon emissions and water pollution

. February 19, 2017

President Donald Trump is planning to sign directives aimed at dismantling Obama-era policies governing carbon dioxide and water pollution soon....

Scientists study ocean absorption of human carbon pollution

Scientists study ocean absorption of human carbon pollution

. February 19, 2017

As humans burn fossil fuels and release greenhouse gases, those gases enter the atmosphere where they cause increases in global....

Underwater seagrass beds dial back polluted seawater

Underwater seagrass beds dial back polluted seawater

. February 19, 2017

Seagrass meadows -- bountiful underwater gardens that nestle close to shore and are the most common coastal ecosystem on Earth....

Proposed legislation aims to boost clean energy in South Carolina

Proposed legislation aims to boost clean energy in South Carolina

. February 16, 2017

The S.C. Senate has passed a piece of legislation that aims to attract investments to the state’s solar industry. Senate....

European commission issues 'final warning' to UK over air pollution breaches

European commission issues 'final warning' to UK over air pollution breaches

. February 16, 2017

UK is one of five countries persistently contravening legal nitrogen dioxide levels with pollution from factories and vehicles Britain has....

Government accused of 'worrying complacency' over environment in post-Brexit Britain

Government accused of 'worrying complacency' over environment in post-Brexit Britain

. February 14, 2017

‘People must be able to go to court to defend the environment – this is the only way to make....

Environmentalists push for 100% renewable energy use in Massachusetts

Environmentalists push for 100% renewable energy use in Massachusetts

. February 14, 2017

A group of environmentalists are calling on Massachusetts to get an increasing amount of its energy from renewable sources. "With....