Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes - people in walkable cities get about 20 percent ...

They brought in their big heavy equipment and started coming up Little River to remove debris,” Huggins said. The workers, ...

The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into ...

The United States is drifting ever further away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?

The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay.

Plastic pollution is toxic and everywhere. Now, legal experts say it’s a human rights violation. This week, they’re advocating for a U.N. treaty to safeguard people’s basic rights.

The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself As the U.N. body faces an American threat to its jurisdiction over deep-sea mining, diplomats have more or less left all the important ...

The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction.

A hidden fuel source beneath the Midwest? Scientists are investigating. Natural hydrogen could transform the clean energy sector — if we can find enough of it.

EDITOR’S NOTE From floods in Texas to wildfires in Los Angeles to back-to-back hurricanes ripping through the Southeast, extreme weather has become a regular part of American life. People across ...