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Invasive mosquitoes are ‘spreading like wildfire’ in California
Aedes aegyptai is the primary spreader of awful diseases: dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya.
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A year after an environmental disaster in Texas, chemical company executives face charges
Arkema’s chemicals burst into flames when Hurricane Harvey struck. Now, the company faces a reckoning.
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On a sinking island, climate science takes a back seat to the Bible
At this point, even the science seems to agree that only a miracle could save Tangier.
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The bad news about your favorite Mexican beers
No one can deny the appeal of a cold Corona on a long, hot summer day. But water-stressed Baja Californians are wondering what’s in it for them.
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Carbon offsets for urban trees are on the horizon
Austin, Texas, and King County, Washington, are testing carbon credits for planting and protecting urban trees.
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Inside the manipulative, tricky, devious, world-saving plan of the Environmental Voter Project
Relying on tools of behavioral psychology, a get-out-the-vote effort urges environmentalists to the polls -- and barely mentions the environment at all.
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A puzzling promo video earns the U.N. new criticism over its support of carbon offsets
The video was taken down after a few hours amid blowback on social media.
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Container ships are getting cleaner, but the effort is adrift
The sector is ahead of others in international shipping, indicating the industry has a long way to go to reduce its emissions
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One year after Harvey, Houston awaits the next flood
What a flood-prone neighborhood doesn’t want you to know about life after the big one
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Washington state residents resort to giant fans and throwing rocks at the smoke to get it to go away
“After much deliberation and mathematical calculation, we have figured that it is absolutely possible for us to blow this smoke away with high powered fans.”
