Environment

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories with long-term archaeological datasets, demonstrating the value of integrating an understanding of the past into solutions for a better future.

Meanwhile, a new paper published Jan. 6 in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental and Epidemiology only emphasizes why further evaluations on fracking fluids are a must.

"The people of Flint deserve justice—and it's unacceptable that the people responsible for Flint's water crisis aren't being held accountable," said Food & Water Watch in response to the development.

Together, we’ll use our energy to create change to make people in power move at the rate we need to get the job done.

The answer to prevent further extinction of up to 41 percent of the world's insects is a “serious reduction in pesticide usage.”

The seismic safety of oil and gas operations may be increased by selecting geologic formations that are disconnected from deep faults.

“We applaud EPA’s action to address the PFAS crisis plaguing communities across the country. It is an important first step that will hold polluters accountable and start cleaning up contaminated sites.”

To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.

By continuing to hold fossil fuel investments, the logic goes, CalPERS may be taking some of that money and using it to add fuel to the wildfires of tomorrow.

But figuring out who owns abandoned mines in Appalachia is harder than you’d think.