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TOBYHANNA, Pa.—Rich Troscianecki spent a decade searching for a slice of paradise. After raising a family in a sprawling New Jersey suburb, he and his wife craved a more peaceful place with lots of woods and a water view. They finally found the perfect spot deep in the Pocono Mou

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

New research suggests that swapping your internal combustion engine for an EV is almost always the greener choice.

Belle Glade is one of the poorest cities in Florida, a majority-Black farmworker community on the southern rim of Lake Okeechobee, where clean and reliable drinking water has never been a given. But when Belle Glade looked to the largest source of federal money for fixing drinkin

As new electricity generation skews toward solar and battery storage in Texas, Republican state senators are questioning whether it’s time to impose minimum standards for building gas plants and move away from free trade in the state’s electricity marketplace.   The Electric Reli

PHILADELPHIA—This summer has brought the full force of a changing climate, with wildfire smoke, extreme heat, flash flooding and severe storms continuing a trend of increasingly extreme weather affecting the city. But during negotiations over the city’s budget throughout the spri

BP has locked out about 800 refinery workers in Whiting without pay for months. The hardline tactic is raising fears about the future of union power.

The state used to run on coal, but now renewables are surging.

A widespread downsizing of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the second Trump administration has exacerbated longstanding workforce challenges there and imperiled its response to disasters, a congressional watchdog warns.  More than 4,300 employees resigned or were l

The bullhorn blared as three cardboard kayaks lurched into the Hudson River from Pier 84 in Manhattan. Their occupants paddled across choppy waters toward a bright yellow buoy about 20 meters offshore. All three boats completed the course, though not without a struggle. Revived i

TOBYHANNA, Pa.—Rich Troscianecki spent a decade searching for a slice of paradise. After raising a family in a sprawling New Jersey suburb, he and his wife craved a more peaceful place with lots of woods and a water view. They finally found the perfect spot deep in the Pocono Mou

While “smoke taint” from last month’s hazy skies isn’t an immediate threat, grape growers say it comes on the heels of a growing season already fraught with climate extremes.

As climate change primes the Pacific Northwest to burn, hundreds in Washington state's second-biggest city have lost their homes.

Opponents are hopeful that a recent ruling by the state's highest court to vacate a key permit could eventually shut down the pipeline altogether.