The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations. Instead, …
It is a critical part of every chief executive’s job to anticipate the future. Failing to recognize and adapt to change can be the difference between thriving or disappearing. That’s why corporate leaders are continually bracing their companies against a host of possibilities — another pandemic, …
President Donald Trump has renewed his efforts to take over Greenland, and tapping into the Danish territory’s natural resources is a key part of the …
Donut Lab lit the EV and energy storage industry on fire last week with its announcement of a 400 Wh/kg solid-state battery cell that can last for 100 years. At face value, if true, we are looking at the single most disruptive announcement in the history of the electric vehicle industry and energy …
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming. Most Americans now accept the basic physics of climate change—that manmade greenhouse-gas emissions are raising global temperatures. Yet the public discussion of climate change is still …
Tens of thousands of fans have cancelled their tickets over security concerns and the political climate in the United States. An online backlash over …
The wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. In Los Angeles County, just seven have been rebuilt. This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced …
The practice called ‘manifesting’ lets CAFOs make manure pollution legally invisible and evade liability. Factory farms produce staggering amounts of …
After two years in decline, the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions grew more than its economy in 2025. After two years of declines, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2025—a change driven by increased electricity use, due in part to data centers and cryptocurrency mining, as …
What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. Turns out, the fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet. That’s because of the one thing that Greenland is quickly losing: ice. Most of Greenland’s landmass, which takes up about two million …
California touts itself as a leader on the problem of plastic garbage, but recent developments suggest otherwise. A new report issued by the state’s waste agency shows plastic yogurt containers, shampoo bottles and restaurant takeout trays are being recycled at rates only in the single …
Deforestation might lead to more deadly mosquito bites. If you’re someone who mosquitoes just adore, we feel your pain. Unfortunately, new data indicates the number of mosquito species that feed on humans is increasing—and it’s likely to get worse. Dr. Sérgio Lisboa Machado, a microbiologist from the …
Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost. It’s not every day that one gets to hold a chunk of hide from an extinct woolly rhinoceros in their hands. “I don’t think I will ever forget that,” said Sólveig …
In mid-October, reports of a mysterious MRI scan performed on U.S. president Donald Trump circulated news sources, but there was little information regarding the purpose of the test.
Major studies on microplastics are now being called into question. This story originally appeared in The Guardian as an exclusive and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown …