Environment
Watchdog satellite to track biggest methane polluters
Scientists from the Environmental Defense Fund and Harvard University have designed a satellite, MethaneSAT, that will reveal the biggest methane...
EPA to spend $1B on hazardous waste sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said this week that it will spend $1 billion to initiate cleanup projects at 25...
Medical device waste and its environmental effects
The plastic from disposable medical devices such as single-use insulin, inhalers and syringes are contributing to a global plastic problem,...
Supreme Court hears pollution controls case
Supreme Court justices are considering an emergency request from Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia, which are asking to put a...
Prepare for rare double cicada brood emergence in April
Swaths of the United States will experience the rare emergence of two massive adjacent broods of periodical cicadas, with more...
Nearly half of Amazon at risk of “savannization” by 2050
Almost half of the Amazon rainforest system in South America could reach a "tipping point" by 2050 as a result...
U.N.: One in five migratory species could go extinct
More one-fifth of migrating species are at risk of extinction, the United Nations warns in its first report on migrating...
EPA tightens standards for particulate matter
A new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency would reduce the level of particulate matter permitted under national air-quality standards....
Sustainable materials support decarbonization efforts
Renewable energy sources have received much of the focus of decarbonization efforts, but their impact could be magnified by the...
World Bank to give countries access to emergency funds from existing loans after natural disasters
The World Bank aims to bolster countries' resilience to natural disasters and other crisis by approving a measure that would...
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