Environment

A spate of record-breaking storms has spurred a call for expanding the hurricane scale for better warnings that could save lives.

A growing pool of scientific evidence indicates that living near oil and gas production can endanger public health.

Trump wants a backwards industrial policy. That’s not surprising, given that everything else he and his administration are doing is designed to take us backwards.

Under Obama, the Federal Emergency Management Agency emphasized climate risk. The new plan fails to even mention the words 'climate change' or 'sea level rise.'

While top-level science positions remain vacant, scientific advisory panels have been quietly diminished, disbanded or stacked with industry scientists.

Short cuts, subsidies and tax breaks helped create 7,000 jobs in the Powder River Basin. Damage to water, air and land is part of the price borne by the public, too.

Exxon Mobil Corp. has vowed to do a better job in disclosing the risks it faces from climate change starting “in the near future” after bucking pressure to do that for years.

Plus, scientists say there's a "99 percent chance of a new annual record in 2016"

Prominent organizations try for the third straight election to get candidates to answer questions about climate change and other crucial issues.

Scientists from NASA and NOAA say the first six months of the year have been the hottest ever. It comes as no surprise in sizzling Alaska.