Environment
Bear injures hiker in attack at Yellowstone National Park
A bear attacked a solo hiker in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, causing serious but non-life-threatening injuries to the man's chest and left arm.
Move over, green lawns. Drier, warmer climate boosts interest in low-water landscaping
When Lena Astilli first bought her home outside of Denver, she had no interest in matching the wall-to-wall green lawns that dominated her block. She wanted native plants - the kind she remembered and loved as a child in New Mexico, that require far less water and have far more to offer insects and birds that are in decline.
GOP-led DOGE panel warns of risks of weather manipulation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sounded the alarm Tuesday on weather-tampering efforts aimed at counteracting climate change and promoting rainfall, warning the left wants to take away Americans' "God-given rights over the Earth in order to satisfy their godless climate cult beliefs."
Spain sweltered under hottest summer on record
Spain said Tuesday that this summer was the hottest on record for the southern European nation, which like the entire Mediterranean region is being hard hit by climate change.
Transform your houseplants into art with this Japanese gardening technique
The third week of September is National Houseplant Week, a nod to the fact that we're turning our attention to indoor plants. It's a great time to explore a practice called kokedama and have a little fun making a special addition to our collections.
Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon
A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins. They draw it tighter with each pass, and a spray of silver fish glistens under the harsh sun as they leap to escape the net.
Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials
Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world's largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector's emissions.
Eastern Orthodox leader on U.S. visit to meet with Trump and receive award for environmental work
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States, where he met Monday afternoon with President Donald Trump and is slated to receive honors for his environmental advocacy.
Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they’re challenging Trump’s orders
Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are trying to convince a federal judge to block President Donald Trump's executive orders promoting fossil fuels.
Illegal gold mining is fueling a ‘mercury boom’ in Mexico, poisoning people and the environment
A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth's most toxic elements.
Huge piles of rusty WWII ammunition are poisoning the Baltic Sea. Germany is trying to recover them
Slowly, Dirk Schoenen dives down to a huge pile of ammunition from World War II at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. He removes some of the top pieces and carefully puts them into a basket, as a team of engineers, divers and seamen watch his every move on monitors streaming live video from a camera attached to his head.
Long-wrought WTO global agreement aimed at reducing overfishing takes effect
A World Trade Organization agreement aimed at reducing overfishing took effect Monday, requiring countries to reduce subsidies doled out to fishing fleets and aiming to ensure sustainability of wildlife in the world's seas and oceans.
Students skin and butcher a black bear in a Cornell University dorm
Students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, are not facing charges after skinning and butchering a black bear inside a dormitory kitchen.
Floodwaters begin receding in a major Pakistani city but nearby towns face evacuations
Floodwaters that had threatened a major town in eastern Punjab province began to recede Friday, sparing its 700,000 residents, but rising waters swamped villages near two nearby cities, forcing panicked evacuations, Pakistani officials said.
DOGE subcommittee to hold hearing on weather modification, ‘geo-engineering’
The House DOGE subcommittee will hold a hearing next week about weather control and geo-engineering, a hot topic for committee Chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Court rules Europe can call nuclear and natural gas sustainable investments for its green transition
Nuclear energy and natural gas will still be considered environmentally sustainable investments in the European Union following a court ruling Wednesday, potentially driving massive amounts of financing toward projects that are not widely considered "green."
Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds
Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick.
