Environment

Climate change is decreasing crops’ nutritional value, in addition to the stress crops experience from extreme heat, drought and flooding.

After a 10-year delay, the city passed an ordinance to benchmark its largest buildings in hopes of lowering bills and cutting emissions.

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. A few landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.

A growing international network of schools, farms, bike haulers and community gardens is showing the world that community composting programs can create jobs and improve neighborhoods.

The campaign initiated by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy helped 34 cities develop bike-friendly infrastructure.

The Pittsburgh 2030 District achieved a 52 percent reduction in carbon emissions last year. Covering over 135 million square feet of commercial business space across 1,300 buildings, the effort is demonstrating what collaboration, innovation and transparency can do.

As deadly and destructive climate impacts are felt around the world, the need for measures to cope with and respond to the effects of climate change—known as adaptation and resilience—is growing.Extreme events such as ……

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark advisory opinion linking governments’ human rights obligations to……

California’s Environmental Rollback: The Dismantling of CEQA Protections…

From Alaska to Arizona, tribes are confronting the possibility of stalled projects, energy outages, and economic disruption.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the U.S.adults who have experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause……