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New York City was set to launch an ambitious plan to make people pay more to drive on busier roads, but cars won—again.

A growing industry aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere—but it’s still in its infancy, and greenhouse-gas emissions remain dangerously high.

In Gainesville, Florida, children are on the front lines of the hazards long ignored by local and state government officials.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reversed course and blocked congestion pricing at the last minute — months after taking more than $30,000 from state auto dealers.

DENNIS – It’s been a busy week for rare animals on Cape Cod with reports of a flamingo coming in from residents of Dennis. The bird was spotted at Chapin Beach by members of the Cape Co…

"If you want to push around Washington or Wall Street or Beacon Hill, then having some people with hairlines like mine is a useful asset," McKibben said, lifting his cap.

A pilot climate solution connects 37 homes and businesses with a highly-efficient, underground heating and cooling system. People are expected to see their electric bills drop by 20% on average. It's a model some experts say can be scaled up and replicated elsewhere.

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there's concern about how provide them enough power to meet AI's demands.

Yes, you read that correctly, 1,300 miles (nearly 2,100 km) before you have to refuel or charge it. BYD – the world's leader in EV car sales having recently surpassed Tesla – released its 5th-generation "DM" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

This story was originally published by Montana Free Press. The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday adopted a long-awaited rule that aims to put

Thanks to the increase of electric vehicles and other battery-using technologies, the demand for lithium is expected to skyrocket in the coming years. One odd but potent source of the metal is a Pennsylvania wastewater stream, says a new study.

It’s impossible to underscore the importance of healthy rivers: 60 percent of the drinking water supply in the United States comes from rivers. And while your tap water may be clean, unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans don’t have the same assurance, and this problem is only escalating,...

For a decade, Earthjustice has advocated for a cleaner and more equitable energy system at the Colorado PUC—and we’re seeing progress.

There is an elite team of airmen and airwomen that fly into the most powerful and dangerous storms on the Planet. They’re called Hurricane Hunters. Their missions are crucial when it comes to forecasting these tropical machines. Here’s digital meteorologist Leslie Hudson with more.

Eversource is building the country's first gas utility-led networked geothermal system in Framingham. Environmentalists hope it can be a model for other gas utilities to wean themselves off of fossil fuels.

Abandoned fishing gear, often called "ghost gear," is breaking down in our oceans and adding to the problems brought by plastics and microplastics. But there was a recent effort to get the United Nations to enforce tougher regulations, and a coalition announced new funding to remove some debris in the Gulf of Maine. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

John Cassidy writes about China’s booming electric-vehicle industry, and whether it is a danger to the United States or a model from which to learn.

A new heat-to-energy converter has reached a record efficiency of 44% – the average steam turbine manages about 35%, for comparison. This thermophotovoltaic cell is a major step on the way to sustainable, grid-scale renewable energy storage.

A vast ocean of grass and wildflowers once covered one-third of North America. But that diverse prairie biome

Walk into Pueblo Seed and Food Co on a Friday afternoon in Cortez, Colorado, and you’ll be met with a wall full of bread that looks a little different

In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren’t native species.