A judge will decide the fate of Ha’Kamwe’ as the Hualapai Nation fights the drilling in court. more

Even amid what seems like a never-ending series of deadly and destructive climate extremes across the country, including heat waves in the Southwest, wildfires in California and hurricanes and flooding more

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires burning in Earth’s largest rainforest, according to data more

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could be spotted with the naked eye in the UK on Saturday night. more

HOPE HULL, Ala.—Sherry Bradley beams with pride as a three-stage wastewater filtration system about two-thirds the length of a Volkswagen bus is lowered into the ground beside a mobile home more

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Rachel Young, an environmental economist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of more

Florida residents are returning to their homes to start picking up the pieces after Hurricane Milton carved a destructive path through the Gulf Coast.  The storm would have been far more

Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president this summer, national attention on the issue of fracking in Pennsylvania—and what it means for the outcome of the more

While warming is pushing some European vegetation north, toward cooler weather, a new study finds that for many forest plants, there is a much greater pull westward. Researchers say these more

PARACAS, Peru — As the sun set over Paracas Bay on April 7, 2023, a beachside hotel flashed with the lights of an electronic music party. Seen from afar, the more

“They burn hot, they burn fast, and they're hard to extinguish." more

If America hopes to meet its grid decarbonization goals or its nuclear power targets, the country needs to deploy fission reactors in volume — and it needs to get started more

The Philippines experienced an increase in “Christmas typhoons” and tropical cyclone-induced rainfall over the last couple of decades, according to the country’s latest climate report. more

This story was first published by Grist . By the time Hurricane Helene made its way hundreds of miles inland on September 27, it had been downgraded to a tropical more

YAQUI VALLEY, Mexico – More than a decade after a court ruling that an aqueduct violated the Yaqui tribe’s rights, the Mexican government has done nothing in response, say locals. more

Wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of forest across South America so far this year. From Bolivia to Brazil, Peru to Argentina, the continent has been gripped by one of more

With recent conservation efforts and the involvement of Indigenous peoples and local communities in managing protected areas, forest elephant populations are on the verge of stabilizing,in at least one national more

Scores of tiny shrimplike crustaceans make a nightly pilgrimage from underwater caves out to feed in the open sea. Bellies full, they find their way back, homing in on their more

BATAM, Indonesia — A major Chinese solar panel manufacturing development on an Indonesian island saw renewed clashes in September between a company allegedly controlled by an Indonesian household name and more

In St. James Parish, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines. more

The announcement of tin and coltan deposits potentially worth tens of billions of dollars “discovered” beneath a forest reserve has taken Burundi by storm, raising questions about its veracity and more

JAKARTA — Fisherwomen on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java Island are leading the fight against the government’s decision to dredge sea sand for export, warning the activity may exacerbate more

Congress gave the agency enough money to last the year. But back-to-back hurricanes are stretching resources thin. more

Ryan Killackey, who passed away on October 4, 2024 at the age of 46, was a tireless defender of the natural world, a voice for Indigenous peoples, and a documentarian more

Form Energy just hit a funding milestone few startups reach, announcing a $405 million Series F financing round on Wednesday that brings its total funding to more than $1.2 billion. more

Three scientists share the prize for their revolutionary work on proteins, the buildings blocks of life. more

Azolla is a nutritious aquatic fern that grows like crazy. New research finds that the cyanobacteria within the plant are nontoxic, potentially clearing the way for Azolla to become a more

Hundreds of thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as the state faces its second major hurricane in two weeks. more

Ten years after officials seized $50 million worth of illegally harvested rosewood, the logs have been returned to the traffickers and sit in limbo in a Singapore port. The legal more

Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline. more

Renewable energy developer BrightNight just closed a $440 million strategic investment from banking giant Goldman Sachs. The equity investment will help Florida-based BrightNight build out its pipeline of utility-scale solar more

Milton's wind speeds skyrocketed by 90 mph in 24 hours. It’s one of the fastest intensification events scientists have ever witnessed in the Atlantic. more

Last year, the world's rivers had their driest year in at least three decades, according to a new U.N. report, which warns that heat and drought are sapping vital waterways.Read more

As cities and towns contract with large waste haulers to comply with a California composting law, some community composters say they're being pushed to the margins. more

Some batteries serve to bolster utility power grids. Other batteries provide backup power to buildings in case the grid goes down. And sometimes, with effort and coordination, batteries can do more

The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl. more

Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics. more

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. Batteries more

Federal regulators gave a huge, contentious offshore wind project the green light to start construction off the coast of New Jersey. Owned by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind , a 50-50 more

PJM, the largest electric grid operator in the U.S., has a major problem — old, dirty power plants are closing down faster than new clean energy resources can replace them. more

Scientists have found evidence of plastic additives in the air over Southern California, including one additive that has been banned from use in toys.Read more on E360 → more

The United States makes some 90 million metric tons of cement every year to bind together the nation’s concrete buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure. In the process, U.S. cement plants more

Farming once thrived in the Black Mesa region, before overgrazing and climate change wreaked havoc with the land. Today, the Navajo are restoring their watersheds — and boosting their food more

A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked. more

Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain is this week shutting down its last coal plant. Starting Tuesday, its power grid will be permanently coal-free.Read more on E360 → more

The world is nearly on track to triple renewable power by the end of this decade. A major barrier to meeting that goal, or surpassing it, analysts say, is the more

This story was first published by Grist . Matthias Weyland loves having people ask about his balcony. A pair of solar panels hang from the railing, casting a sheen of more

U.S. clean hydrogen policy appears to be stuck in neutral — and not everyone is convinced that’s a bad thing. Last October, seven “clean hydrogen hub” projects were awarded a more

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the Earth saw a surge in emissions of heat-trapping methane. While some research shows the spike was related to the global drop in more

A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change. more

Curbing carbon emissions from vehicles and buildings involves more than just ditching fossil-fuel-burning engines and boilers. It also requires cleaning up key materials such as the carbon-intensive steel used in more

We’re used to reporting the news, not making it, but today we’ve got an announcement of our own to share: Canary Media and the Energy News Network are merging, with more

Across California, the companies that are trying to build charging stations for electric trucks are being told that it will take years — or even up to a decade — more

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. It’s more

The world is set to install a third more solar capacity this year than it did in 2023, surpassing forecasts by both industry experts and independent analysts.Read more on E360 more

For the “OK, Bye” climate conference in Reykjavík, Iceland, in May 2023, participants flew in from Silicon Valley, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin. The event’s theme was the ocean, so the more

A surge of pollen in spring can affect the formation of clouds and rainfall, according to a new study. The authors say that, as the planet warms, pollen counts are more

Air conditioning is a lifesaver on hot days. It also strains the power grid, especially in big cities. Utilities and building owners alike can save money and forestall blackouts by more

Sir David Attenborough praises the "beauty" created by the BBC in its natural history shows. more

FULLERTON, California — If the artificial intelligence oligarchs at Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft meet their data center expansion goals, the U.S. grid will soon strain to meet the industry’s more

Over the next few years, residents of select California neighborhoods may start getting phone calls and mailers from gas utilities and community organizers offering an unexpected proposition: Would you like more

As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit. more

Indigenous Peruvians have long faced violent attacks by miners, loggers, coca growers, and drug traffickers, but a troubling new report finds that murders of environmental defenders are on the rise.Read more

This story was originally published by Energy News Network . Will Payne and Will Clear are all too aware of the skeptics. But those doubters only fuel the duo’s vision more

With support from a $5 billion EPA program, school districts across the country are starting to switch from polluting diesel to electric buses. Advocates point to the health benefits for more

Rural electric cooperatives, which bring electricity to the most sparsely populated parts of the country, are getting their biggest federal investment since the New Deal — and this time around, more

This story was first published by Energy News Network . A year and a half since Massachusetts introduced an optional new building code aimed at lowering fossil fuel use, climate more

A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken. more

This article is part of a two-part reporting project on decarbonizing aluminum production. Read our story on recycling aluminum here . ASHLAND, Kentucky — When John Holbrook first started working more

The city of Linhares, Brazil, has granted legal rights to the waves at the mouth of the Dolce River, the first instance in which a government has conferred rights upon more

The U.S. solar manufacturing industry is going through an unprecedented growth spurt. In the two years since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed, domestic capacity for producing solar modules more

The summer of 2024 set new records, European scientists have found. The world has never seen temperatures reach so high between June and August. Read more on E360 → more

The country that once boasted the world’s first coal-fired power plant is now set to eliminate the highly polluting fossil fuel from its power grid. In late September, the United more

In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree more