The past decade has "almost certainly" been the hottest on record and 2019 is on course to be one of the warmest years ever recorded, according to weather experts.
While the Ohio River Valley, long home to the coal and steel industries, is no stranger to air pollution, the region's natural gas boom and burgeoning petrochemical industry threaten to erase the gains of recent decades.
Promoting contraceptives in fun ways achieved tremendous success towards breaking taboos and clarifying misconceptions. Together with creative community development programs, family planning programs increased the wellbeing of all Thais.
At a time when already-high toxic emissions in Louisiana are rising, the petrochemical industry continues to grow in the state's most burdened communities.
Given the consistent global refusal to cut back on energy usage and the fact that building out current technology (mostly wind and solar) will only get us halfway to zero carbon, our only hope lies in better technology.
A team of biologists brought 13 critically endangered Maui parrotbills to the other side of Haleakala to save the species from extinction. But less than a month later, only three birds have survived.
Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies
The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.
American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.
