An early-season heat wave is descending across the Western United States, likely to bring record-shattering temperatures to much of the region. Temperatures already climbed into the 90s on Thursday in ...

A decade ago, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection published a study on radioactivity in the oil and gas industry, motivated by fears that increasing volumes of toxic fracking waste ...

As policymakers meet in Jamaica to develop regulations for mineral exploitation in international waters, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala highlights what’s at stake for Pacific cultures.

More than 10 years after environmental groups petitioned for a new rule, the state plans to require the Central Valley Water ...

Plans for an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas, stalled after a permit fight. Now the developer has rebranded as America ...

The Alabama Senate unanimously voted to expand the public service commission, and create a Secretary of Energy to address rising electricity prices. A bill in the House would go even further, ...

Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the ...

On the day of one of the deadliest natural disasters in Hawaii’s history, Blake Kekoa Ramelb watched his hometown go up in ...

Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of ...

Hydropower was long the country’s leading source of renewable energy, but it was passed in 2019 by wind and in 2025 by utility-scale solar. It’s still significant, though, with 5.6 percent of U.S.

Conflict in the Middle East could have major repercussions for U.S. electricity and natural gas prices. Some states, like ...

Virginia lawmakers under Democratic control failed to produce a budget on schedule Thursday because of heightened debates over a tax exemption for data centers. Lawmakers from both chambers adjourned ...