Can alternative fuels save us from global oil price shocks? Are low-carbon fuels inherently better than fossil fuels? We asked a scientist...

A robot that neutralizes weeds with lasers. Lightning machines that crack air molecules to make liquid fertilizer. It’s not sci fi — it's a...

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the legacy of ecologist Dr. Ruth Patrick.  

Colorado air regulators voted unanimously to adopt updated landfill standards to cut down on methane pollution coming from garbage dumps.

In the race to plug leaky, forgotten oil and gas wells, the secret weapon may be paying people who find them.  

As climate change fuels more extreme weather, the Atlantic hurricane season is stretching longer each year—and the storms themselves are...

A flotilla of small fishing vessels in the Caribbean are carrying simple monitors on their fishing gear to collect ocean data that...

Research facilities that study how to protect people from pollution are being shuttered by the Trump administration as it moves to weaken...

FireSat, a new satellite that can detect wildfires from space, has launched. It's the first of 50 satellites in a global detection system...