Union officials at FEMA say they would like to know where they work in order to warn other employees who might be exposed and to avoid putting the public at added risk.
Why virus denial resembles climate denial
Why virus denial resembles climate denial.
If you’re one of millions of Americans exposed to air pollution, you may be at a greater risk of catching the coronavirus — and of having a more severe infection.
Federal scientists and lawyers, told to undo regulations that some have worked on for decades, have embedded data into technical documents that environmental lawyers are using to challenge the rollbacks.
The agency said it would not penalize companies that violate rules on monitoring and reporting pollution discharges.
For the third time in five years, abnormally warm water has caused a “mass bleaching” of coral, and some of it will not survive. Scientists say global warming is killing reefs worldwide.
Invasive herbivore mammals seem to restore functions missing in some food webs and ecosystems since the Pleistocene era.
Backers of single-use plastic bags, battered by a series of bans nationwide, are using the health scare to argue their bags are cleaner and safer.
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down permits for the pipeline and ordered a new environmental review of the project.
The administration is pushing ahead with efforts to roll back environmental protections and impose new limits on how science can be used for making rules.
Nature is wide open for business. Here is the alternate world we need right now.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects major to moderate flooding for 23 states, but not as bad as last year’s ruinous spring.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. keeps winning, and winning voters who say they care about climate change. But some of the most ardent climate activists still are not with him.
With elections in the United States and key summit talks this year, organizers are working to keep climate change on the public agenda.
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The Mosaic expedition has canceled a series of research flights after the Norwegian government imposed travel restrictions related to coronavirus.
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The slow global response to climate change shows the cost of inaction in global crises.
In Marble Bar, which claims to be Australia’s hottest town, the temperature hit at least 113 degrees on 32 days this summer. Some residents worry that “there’s got to be a point where you actually start to cook.”
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The Trump administration is starting to insist that towns use eminent domain laws to force homeowners off flood-prone land. Notices are already going out.
A planned overhaul fails to adequately protect the environment and support small farmers, a group of scientists said.
A planned overhaul fails to adequately protect the environment and support small farmers, a group of scientists said.
Nestlé wants to draw more spring water from a northern Florida site owned by a local family — but environmentalists are pushing back.
The establishment has failed many hard-working people. If we don’t call it out, nothing will change.
The American Museum of Natural History focuses on science, not politics, in its display of an environmentally challenged planet.
Rain has replaced what used to be a white winter in my corner of the world.
Air France, citing the virus, has called for relief from taxes designed to curb global warming emissions. Other efforts could be disrupted as well.
Air France, citing the virus, has called for relief from taxes designed to curb global warming emissions. Other efforts could be disrupted as well.
All eyes on Montana.
Shinnecock Indians are using nature-based solutions to calm the waves and restore the beaches that protect their lands.
Climate activists say it is time to rethink loyalty programs that reward consumers for taking flights.
Even with the revisions, scientists warned, the new regulation would let the federal government dismiss or downplay seminal environmental research.
Also this week, the human cost of air pollution
Human-caused climate change had an impact on Australia’s wildfires, a new attribution study confirms. The 30 percent figure they calculated is a minimum.
After a new case emerged in Westchester, the state and the city are testing for infections and tracking possible contacts.
Nancy B. Beck, who once directed science policy at the American Chemistry Council, was nominated to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which guards against dangerous products
Parts of the state received no rainfall at all last month and the number of wildfire calls were above average as well.
Years of milder temperatures have made German ice wine, produced since 1830, increasingly rare and expensive. This year, the industry body says, there will be only a few bottles.
The apocalypse comes to Paris Fashion Week with floods at Balenciaga, a snowstorm at Thom Browne and darkness at Valentino. But you’ll look fine.
An Interior Department official has pressed scientists to include misleading climate language—including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial—into their work.
There was almost no snow at all in February, leaving children crestfallen but commuters relieved.
On Sunday, most businesses will stop handing out thin, single-use bags, and paper bags might cost you 5 cents.