Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New...
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s a name many people have trouble pronouncing, but these synthetic chemicals have been used in everything from fast-food packaging to nonstick...
View ArticleIn a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect...
By DORANY PINEDA and JAE C. HONG, Associated Press In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the...
View ArticleLacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered...
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Doris Brown was nearly asleep when a neighbor knocked on her door, telling her to look outside. “There were no lights, nowhere,” said Brown,...
View Article‘Chemtrail’ theories warn of health dangers from contrails. The idea takes...
By Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make...
View ArticleAs heat gets more extreme, pregnant farmworkers are increasingly at risk
By DORANY PINEDA, MELINA WALLING and ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG One hot day last summer, Clarisa Lugo was inspecting and counting corn and soybean plants in the middle of a 300-acre farm field in Illinois...
View ArticleWhat Americans think about the environmental impact of AI, according to a new...
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about...
View ArticlePhilippine victims of 2021 typhoon seek compensation from Shell
By ANTON L. DELGADO, Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Philippine victims of a 2021 typhoon are seeking compensation from energy giant Shell for deaths and damage that they say were intensified by...
View ArticleUN chief defends science and weather forecasting as Trump threatens both
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations chief delivered a strong defense of science and meteorology on Wednesday, praising the U.N. weather agency for helping save lives by keeping watch for climate disasters...
View ArticleAI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help...
View ArticleWatchdog report says American e-waste is causing a ‘hidden tsunami’ in...
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast...
View ArticleThe food you toss costs you plenty and emits tons of pollution. We’ve got...
By CALEIGH WELLS, Associated Press Wasted food is a financial and environmental bummer. It costs U.S. consumers $728 every year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and emits the annual...
View ArticleOne of the world’s rarest whales that makes the Atlantic its home grows in...
By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals,...
View ArticleThe West’s power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in
By Alex Brown, Stateline.org For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to pool solar power in Arizona, wind in Wyoming, hydro in Washington...
View ArticleUS blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends...
By SIBI ARASU and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press The U.S. has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting...
View ArticleThe world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it...
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world is on track to add nearly two months of dangerous superhot days each year by the end of the century, with poorer small nations hit far...
View ArticleJudge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil...
By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders...
View ArticleTrump officials back firm in fight over California offshore oil drilling...
By JULIE WATSON When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. Related Articles Judge dismisses young...
View ArticleScientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG, Associated Press SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic...
View ArticleUN agency says C02 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme...
By JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen...
View ArticleWoodbury hosts new climate-focused event series
The city of Woodbury is launching a new speaker series in partnership with the South Washington Watershed District this week, connecting community members to climate scientists. Beginning Thursday at...
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