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California renews push to promote environmental literacy in schools

California renews push to promote environmental literacy in schools

. February 21, 2017

In Clinton Huey’s 6th-grade science class at Bancroft Middle School in San Leandro just south of Oakland, students have made....

Scientists, environmental activists protest in Boston against threat to science

Scientists, environmental activists protest in Boston against threat to science

. February 21, 2017

BOSTON – Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters held a rally in Boston on Sunday to protest what....

London coughing through winter as air pollution makes people sick

London coughing through winter as air pollution makes people sick

. February 19, 2017

London is choking from record levels of pollution, much of it caused by diesel cars and trucks. Every winter, as....

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....