Seattle launches new actions to tame transport’s climate impact Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced measures Tuesday to cut the city’s stubborn carbon emissions, including more electric-vehicle charging stations and a program for e-cargo bike deliveries. John Ryan
Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association. Alejandra Borunda
What federal worker cuts mean for wildfire threats this season The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder-dry New Mexico.
Environmental groups say Trump administration violated their free-speech rights A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration violated the free-speech rights of nonprofits and municipalities that have had federal funding for climate and environmental projects frozen or cancelled. Michael Copley
Need Earth Day optimism? Here are some environmental do-gooders in your backyard At a time when communities feel fractured, here's a look at online communities taking a pragmatic approach to changing the world for the better. Alina Hartounian
Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk. Jonathan Lambert
How ecosystem changes impact whitefish in the Great Lakes Scientists are trying to get the fish to spawn in rivers for the first time in well over a century.
California battery faciilty fire raises concerns over energy storage plant regulation Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants. Dan Brekke
Wyoming's cloud seeding program loses funding Wyoming was once a pioneer in cloud seeding, a scientific process that can increase precipitation by about 10%.
A changing ecosystem is depleting the whitefish population in the Great Lakes Changes in ecosystems mean bad news for lake whitefish and those who love it. The species' population is rapidly declining in some areas of the Great Lakes. Ellie Katz
