The Biden administration has reversed course on much of the Trump administration's foreign policy, but largely shares its view that China's authoritarian political system and global ambitions are a threat to U.S. interests.
When the world's largest emitter set an ambitious 2060 carbon neutrality target at the UN in September, it set off a chorus of hope that global heating might be kept below catastrophic levels.
Friday's ceremony reverses Trump's most symbolic climate action, which made the U.S. the only country in the world to pull itself out of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
An interview with Peter Daszak, an animal disease specialist, just after his return from an investigative research mission to Wuhan, the site of the original COVID outbreak, and surrounding areas.
New research confirms that emissions from China of CFC-11, a banned gas that harms Earth’s ozone layer, have fallen sharply, reversing a dangerous spike.
Scientists who detected the return of a long-banned pollutant say emissions resumed their prior decline after China cracked down on production of the chemical.
Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn't work. In US fracking communities, the industry's pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems.
"I was a total cheerleader for this industry at the beginning. Now I just want to make sure no one else makes the same mistake I did. It has ruined my life."
EHN.org scientific investigation finds western Pennsylvania families near fracking are exposed to harmful chemicals, and regulations fail to protect communities' mental, physical, and social health.
"Once they had the results of our study [families] felt like they had proof that these chemicals are in their air, their water, and making their way into their bodies."
