Environment

A wildfire that’s been burning since the middle of August has grown to become the third-largest in Colorado’s recorded history as Denver faces choking smoke on Sunday, according to officials....

BEIJING — U.S.-China friction flared again Monday, with Beijing firing back at accusations by Washington that it is a leading cause of global environmental damage and has reneged on its...

Farmers need more support from the government to plant the trees necessary to meet the UK’s climate targets, ministers have been told, as they consider wide-ranging changes to farming payments...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Nearly 50 years ago, a power company received permission from North Carolina to build a reservoir by damming a creek near the coastal city of Wilmington. It...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to overhaul the way communities test their water for lead, a policy change that will be pitched ahead of Election Day as...

JOHANNESBURG — In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change...

Around 150 climate activists entered the Garzweiler II brown coal mine in western Germany on Saturday, according to police. Some protesters broke into the surface mine’s coal storage facilities, police...

When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away a week ago, commentators were quick to lament the implications of her empty Supreme Court seat for abortion rights and gender...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday finalized its plan to open about 9 million acres of the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and road construction....

The shift in the region’s conversation is showing up in local media. Days before Newsom’s announcement about gas-powered cars, the editorial board of The Sacramento Bee in the state capital...