Trump targets federal employees working on conservation and environmental protection

A new round of furlough notices were issued to EPA employees last week, while the Interior Department disclosed plans to cut positions affecting national parks, endangered species, and toxic contamination research.

Where the Appalachian brook trout vanish, something human goes missing, too

As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground - but anglers and scientists are racing to save them.

How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast

As the storm threatens Jamaica, "the role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable. "

Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff

Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.

The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom

The tech industry’s soaring electricity and water demands are raising consumer rates and threatening sustainability goals.

Why one of the world’s greenest countries is betting its future on oil

Suriname says it can build an oil industry without harming the planet. Is it climate pragmatism — or wishful thinking?

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country

Three specimens were discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.

In New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die

Why some think a “lurid political shakedown” by President Trump will get a pipeline built off Rockaway Beach.