Energy Transfer seeks to overturn Pennsylvania clean water law after jet fuel spill
The 89-year-old law's mens rea challenge could also unravel other state statutes, from traffic offenses to hunting rules, if the company's argument succeeds.
Trump administration narrows Endangered Species Act protections by removing habitat destruction rule
The administration has eliminated a decades-old definition of “harm,” making it more difficult to use the Endangered Species Act to stop projects that destroy critical wildlife habitat.
‘A fraudulent scheme’: New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from their...
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.
California’s salmon fishery reopens after three-year shutdown, but the recovery is fragile
Federal managers cleared a limited, tightly controlled 2026 season and Washington sent $21.3 million in disaster aid, yet drought, hatchery dependence and a warming Pacific still threaten a fish central to coastal economies and tribal life.
Trump administration orders USDA and Forest Service to remove climate change references, suppressing critical...
The systematic erasure of climate change information from government websites threatens scientific transparency, public safety, and environmental policy.
Top 10 weather events of 2016 (#2 will surprise you)
The previous warmest year on record for Earth's surface was set in 2015, which in turn broke the record set in 2014.
New long-clawed British dinosaur is the first of its kind in Europe
A skull stored at the Natural History Museum for more than a century turns out to be a new species of predator
Too Few Vets, Too Many Animals: Inside the Farm Veterinarian Shortage
Fewer than 15% of veterinary school graduates are opting to care for farm animals.
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of...
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.
Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.