Ostensibly hyper-sustainable "eco-cities" are popping up around the world. Environmentalists say they do more harm than good.
Leaders in the region are stepping up state control on the crucial energy transition mineral, and pushing for global influence.
Pollution is spiking to dangerous levels more often as the U.S. warms, per a report published April 19 by the American Lungs Association
Experts say recycling plants like the one in Indiana that caught fire this week are facing a cocktail of combustion risks.
Excessive water use by wealthy families is a bigger problem for dry cities than climate change or population growth, a new study finds.
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A new study shows how mining, oil and gas extraction, and power plants will proliferate across crucial wildlife sites around the world.
If approved, the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline would help Russia permanently reorient its gas industry to the east.
Activists say Copenhagen's new artificial island-city of Lynetteholm could kill marine life across the Baltic Sea.
Franco took office in January as Brazil’s Minister for Racial Equity, and the stakes are high.
Since 2000, Cruz has been helping to distribute an abortion bill in Mexico. Now, she’s expanded her feminist activist network into the U.S.
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A global backlash against clean energy projects on Indigenous land is complicating the energy transition.
By most measures, Russia's year-long war in Ukraine has been an unremitting tragedy. For the climate, it's a little different.
Yasmeen Lari, 82, says rebuilding from Pakistan's devastating floods with concrete will only make things worse. Bamboo may be the answer.
Plants are searching out cooler places to grow in North America. But studies suggest they are struggling to keep up with climate change.
The Welsh government has decided that building new roads would encourage more car use—hurting its emissions goals.
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