Climate, clean energy, and the technology and policy reshaping the planet's future.

Development Becomes a Flashpoint in a Key New York House Race and more — today's clean signal.

NY-17: The third in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. At 8, on her walk home from elementary school, Sylke Jackson would drop sticks, leaves and nut shells in Nyack Brook. They would soften and float along

A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.

Trees are usually seen as climate heroes. But across the Plains states, "woody encroachment" is crowding out the prairie.

New York Is Running Out of Room for Its Trash and more — today's clean signal.

New York City is running out of places to dump its trash. In the latest draft of the city’s once-a-decade solid waste management plan, the sanitation department warns that the landfills receiving much of the city’s garbage are filling up fast.  More than two-thirds of the city’s

Decades of research have established how to prevent and treat heat illness, but uneven policy adoption and implementation has left players at risk.

ALTADENA, Calif.—Sylvie Andrews walks among the brilliant white poppies, purple California grapes and olive-green thorns surrounding her yard’s blackened pizza oven—one of the only things that survived last year’s devastating Eaton Fire. But her eyes scan the block beyond, ever-a

The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.

SEC Move Would Make it Harder for Shareholders to Push Companies on Climate Action and more — today's clean signal.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to scrap a rule that allows shareholders to formally petition companies, one of the ways that shareholder advocacy groups have pressed for more action on climate and sustainability.  Investor and advocacy groups warn that the SEC’

EL PASO—Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a preliminary injunction Friday to halt construction on the border wall in Texas’ expansive Big Bend sector, including the national and state parks. Cardone read a brief order from the bench after hearing more than four hours of test

The federal government has scrapped its rules lowering vehicle emissions, and it's going after California's.

Europe’s fish stocks are in such dire straits that even the retailers who rely on them are now telling the fishing industry to slow down.  Last week, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea—an intergovernmental marine science organization whose data is used to de

Drinking water costs spiked faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, researchers at nonprofit Food & Water Watch outlined in a first-of-its-kind report released Tuesday. The average community water system increased household drinking water prices by 62 p

NY-17: The third in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. At 8, on her walk home from elementary school, Sylke Jackson would drop sticks, leaves and nut shells in Nyack Brook. They would soften and float along

The Supreme Court's decision on a Colorado lawsuit against Exxon Mobil and Suncor could shape dozens of efforts to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages.

A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.

Trees are usually seen as climate heroes. But across the Plains states, "woody encroachment" is crowding out the prairie.

Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood tree Monday morning for a double border wall, after protesters protected it for more than 70 days.  Activists in Lochiel said at

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments from oil companies on Monday that could help decide the fate of more than two dozen lawsuits accusing the industry of deceiving the public about climate change. The claims seek potentially billions of dollars in damages to help pay the costs

New York City is running out of places to dump its trash. In the latest draft of the city’s once-a-decade solid waste management plan, the sanitation department warns that the landfills receiving much of the city’s garbage are filling up fast.  More than two-thirds of the city’s

Researchers have known for decades how to prevent and treat heat illness, but a patchwork of policies has left players like Matthew Mayich at risk.

Western North Carolina residents are turning what they learned into solar microgrids, practical skills, and accessible spaces designed to help them weather the next disaster.