Stories by E&E News

Efforts to eradicate invasive rats that have decimated native species on islands around the world are beginning to bear fruit

The EPA has announced new draft rules that would require power plants that burn fossil fuels to capture 90 percent of their climate-warming emissions

Commercially valuable Dungeness crabs lose their sense of smell as the ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide and becomes more acidic

High temperature records have been set from Portugal to Thailand as heat waves fueled by climate change have arrived early this spring

A new program looks to replant warm weather trees in northern Minnesota to help them adjust to a rapidly warming world

The number of people facing acute food insecurity shot up for the fourth year in a row in 2022

Many bird species are producing fewer offspring as global temperatures rise, and larger migratory species are particularly affected

Melting sea ice is opening new pathways through the Arctic such as the famed Northwest Passage. But it is also reducing visibility and potentially causing delays

Communities in certain spots around the world, such as Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Central America, are likely to experience record-breaking heat events but may not be prepared

A new bill in California proposes making electric vehicles a backup power source for the electric grid—an idea that has promise but has to overcome several technological hurdles, experts say

The Goldman Environmental Prize has announced its 2023 awards. Three winners speak about their efforts to protect wilderness and fight polluters

Dead trees have accumulated in an Arctic basin for centuries, creating one of the largest “carbon pools” in the world

The president is creating an Office of Environmental Justice and expanding federal protections for communities that have been historically overburdened by pollution

Greenland’s Steenstrup Glacier doubled its annual ice loss in just a few years, thanks to warm ocean water

California state regulators are expected to approve regulations imposing stricter climate rules on trains and trucks, but the charging infrastructure to power them is lacking

Ground-mounted microphones could pick up ultralow-frequency sound waves produced by clear-air turbulence, the leading cause of in-flight injuries and fatalities

Aggressive restrictions will affect carbon, smog and soot emissions from compact cars all the way up to long-haul trucks

Sea levels off the southeastern U.S. have risen more than a centimeter a year over the past decade—about triple the global average—and the effects on communities near the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean already are being observed

The greenhouse gas intensity of offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico could be twice as much as government estimates

Evidence that ancient glaciers retreated more than a quarter-mile a day is a worrisome sign that glaciers today could melt—and contribute to sea-level rise—faster than was thought

A new index that rates 70,000 U.S. communities on their climate vulnerability finds that parts of the Gulf Coast subject to flooding and economic and racial inequities are most under threat

A new study documents the mysterious presence of five banned chlorofluorocarbons, chemicals that not only deplete the ozone layer but also contribute to global warming

A new study debunks the idea that solar geoengineering is a temporary measure to reduce warming and meet climate targets

The U.S. is in a better place to reach its climate goals after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the implementation of pollution rules and the outcome of the 2024 election could pose major hurdles