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The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.

Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why.

So-called rain-on-snow events accelerate ice loss and trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wild animals and the Indigenous peoples who depend on them.

Until now, only one other federal informant was known to be in the camps.

Although the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done."

Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.

Nearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain.

Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles — without plastic.

Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.

Extreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected.

Electric utility Xcel is facing several lawsuits over its role in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, highlighting a growing threat to power providers.

Human Rights Watch alleges Indigenous peoples were thrown off their land in name of conservation.

The U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a toxic firefighting foam used on military bases.

An analysis of the bill's impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50.

A New York City bill to ban laundry pods is just one of many proposed solutions.

The question of whether humans created a new epoch has been stirring up drama for almost 25 years.

Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.

Researchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated. 

A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.

A revision in how much homeowners are paid for electricity they send to the grid could keep them from participating at all.