Environment
Climate Change ‘Health Emergency,’ Medical Groups Say
June 26, 2019, 10:19 am EDT
Climate change is a public health emergency, 74 medical and public health groups say.
Climate Change ‘Health Emergency,’ Medical Groups Say
June 26, 2019, 5:05 am EDT
Climate change is a public health emergency, 74 medical and public health groups say.
Pot Production Bad for Environment?
June 24, 2019, 6:20 am EDT
Ten states and D.C. have legalized pot and production is booming -- but that may not be a good thing. Here’s why.
4 Ways Climate Change Impacts Our Water
June 5, 2019, 8:24 pm EDT
Climate change is taking a serious toll on our most precious resource -- water. Here are four ways it’s affected.
Planet has Second-warmest April on Record
May 21, 2019, 4:03 am EDT
NOAA says the planet just saw its second-warmest April since record-keeping began in 1880.
414 Million Pieces of Plastic Debris Cover Cocos Islands
May 17, 2019, 2:00 pm EDT
On the remote Australian territory of the Cocos Islands, marine scientists recently discovered more than 400 million pieces of plastic debris, polluting the pristine, beautiful beaches of this popular tourist destination.
Banned Pesticide Blamed for Bald Eagle Deaths in Maryland
May 15, 2019, 8:47 pm EDT
Bald eagles have been dying in Maryland -- now we know more about why.
London to Ban Ice Cream Trucks Over Pollution, Traffic Concerns
May 14, 2019, 7:59 am EDT
Nothing says summer like the sound of the ice cream truck. But one city is silencing them over pollution concerns.
Endangered Frogs Delay Wildfire Cleanup in Paradise, CA
May 13, 2019, 6:47 pm EDT
Environmental concerns, including fear of harming a sensitive, endangered species of frog that live near waterways in Paradise, California, are delaying the cleanup effort in the wildfire-scorched town.
World Leaders, But Not the US, Pledge to Curb Flow of Plastic to Poor Countries
May 13, 2019, 1:44 pm EDT
Nearly every country in the world has just signed an agreement to curb the flow of plastic into developing countries.
