Stories by Brittany Patterson

Coal provides the bulk of the jobs in Gillette

Mining coal in the Powder River Basin is no longer a sure bet

Climate change may also imperil the sport

And the data will reveal how much carbon woodlands store

Warmer air causes trees to use food faster, starving while drought also dries them out

Coal, oil and gas leases on federal land may change in the last year of the Obama Administration

A warmer, drier climate played a role in fires that burned more than 10 million acres

Drought has hit pines destined for Christmas, despite recent downpours

A vegetarian diet does not necessarily have a low impact on the environment

The wildfires exacerbate climate change

Richer countries like Brazil fall short when combating climate change

Ice moderates Earth’s climate

As Obama meets with Indonesia’s president, action on forests to combat climate change

Fires have spread smoke and haze throughout southeast Asia

Large trees like sequoias and redwoods suffer most when its dry

Will zero-net-energy homes be the wave of the future?

The blooms off the U.S. West Coast may become more frequent

Which comes first: the electric car or the charger?

Can electric cars provide reliable power to the U.S. grid?

Each plant takes five gallons of water a day from legal and illegal water diversions

Melbourne holds lessons for the U.S. Southwest and other places struggling with a lack of precipitation

U.K. researchers find changed diets could substantially cut greenhouse gas pollution and benefit health

Scientists tackle the difficult problem of how climate change aids the spread of the tick-borne disease

Global warming changes how and when plants release pollen, a trigger for asthma