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Decades of conflict have left Myanmar vulnerable to a secretive industry that is polluting communities and endangering workers.

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Judith Enck, the founder of advocacy group Beyond Plastics. After World War II, plastics grew from a cheap wartime alternative to a staple in the Americ

There’s no way to close off the open-air stadium where stars Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are slated to square off.

Virginia’s seven federally recognized tribes said they’re cautiously optimistic about their prospects of becoming full signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement even after program leadership missed the July 1 deadline for presenting a roadmap on how to include the tri

This article previously appeared in Cambridge Day. From Boston’s Museum of Science to the Watertown Dam, the Charles River this spring was rife with river herring swirling in the water like scores of baby sharks. Near the dam, dozens of the aptly named herring gulls perched on ro

When Antonio Machado Allison assisted with earthquake response efforts in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas in 1967, he felt confident in the way the government mobilized its teams. When he arrived, Allison described immediately seeing a plethora of state agencies onsite organizing

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with UC Boulder senior research scientist Ted Scambos.  Midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere marks the dead of winter in Antarctica, usually a time

Decades of conflict have left Myanmar vulnerable to a secretive industry that is polluting communities and endangering workers.

Last summer brought Europe's most destructive wildfire season on record. This season is on track to break it.

Researchers explain how El Niño and global warming are combining to create "the haves and the have-nots."

In an overheating era, the old ways of keeping fires from raging out of control may no longer work.

Equipped with some fancy technologies, Grist goes on a journey across Portland, Oregon, to chart the nuances — and inequalities — of urban heat.

A fragile food system, uneven public health messaging, and global warming are all working to supercharge the parasite’s spread.

New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.

Lawmakers in Europe have proposed rolling back the bloc's cap-and-trade program, long considered the gold standard for reducing companies' carbon emissions.

Scorching temperatures are testing the limits of programs meant to help students catch up academically.

Brutal price wars among manufacturers have caused solar panel prices to plummet, making renewable energy cheaper than ever.

In remaking USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Labs, the Trump administration is abandoning an agricultural research effort built to benefit the world.

The state has a $25 million agreement with a consortium of companies to explore private financing opportunities. Not everyone is sure it will work.