Climate crisis more politically polarizing than abortion for U.S. voters, study finds

"In the U.S., your political party is the greatest indicator to your view on climate change…

Trump issues Earth Day message without mentioning climate change

How does Trump celebrate Earth Day? He pats himself on the back for the U.S.'s "strong…

‘We’re not a dump’ — poor Alabama towns struggle under the stench of toxic landfills

"Let every state take care of their own trash but don’t bring it to Alabama."

Climate change group scrapped by Trump reassembles to issue warning

This ex-federal research group has come forward to tell local and state governments to empower communities…

‘Monumental step backwards’: The $1 billion gas pipeline project dividing New York

Environmental groups oppose the underwater pipeline that would bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania to New York.

‘We won’t stop striking’: The New York 13-year-old taking a stand over climate change

Alexandria Villasenor is among the American student activists joining the global fray and helping to organize…

Since China’s Ban, Recycling in the US Has Gone Up in Flames

All that neatly sorted plastic, paper, and glass used to go to China. Now a lot…

‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports

Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s…

European colonization of Americas killed so many it cooled Earth’s climate

Research finds killing of native people indirectly contributed to a colder period by causing deaths of…

California wildfire smoke spreads to New York, 3,000 miles away

Haze envelopes Washington D.C. and other east coast cities, and Arnold Schwarzenegger visits firefighters in California