Was Kentucky, Tennessee tornado outbreak related to climate change?

Dozens were killed when tornadoes ripped through at least five states late Friday, including a candle factory in Kentucky and an Amazon warehouse in Illinois. Did climate change play a role in this catastrophic weather event?

California's Lost Coast redwoods could be saved from logging

Save the Redwoods League in San Francisco agreed to purchase the historic DeVilbiss Ranch timberlands for $37 million if it can raise the money by Dec 31.

Napa winemaker turns smoke-tainted grapes into vodka

A winemaker in Napa County is now turning his grapes, tainted by wildfire smoke, into vodka.

EPA head tours ‘Cancer Alley,’ other embattled communities, pledges action

EPA Administrator Michael Regan recently completed a tour from Mississippi to Texas, highlighting low-income, mostly minority communities affected by industrial pollution.

Fishing resumes Tuesday along stretch of Orange County coast near oil spill

Seafood was tested for chemicals from oil from Oct. 14 to Nov. 3 with authorities on Monday alerting the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that the seafood was OK to resume eating.

Biden administration recommends overhaul of US oil and gas leasing

The Biden administration has recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: What is it? Where is it stored?

President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 50 million barrels of oil from America’s strategic reserve. Here is everything you need to know about the move.

Many climate activists support Biden's move to use oil reserve

Democrats and environmentalists mostly support President Joe Biden’s decision to release a record-setting 50 million barrels of oil from America’s strategic reserve, even as the action appeared to contradict the president's long-term goal to fight climate change.

'Whole of society' effort needed to fight misinformation: Aspen Institute

A new report says misinformation is hurting efforts to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges, be it climate change, COVID-19 or political polarization.

Biden administration restores clean-water safeguards halted in Trump era

The Biden administration is undoing a Trump-era rule that was considered one of that administration’s hallmark environmental rollbacks.

Brazil's Amazon rainforest deforestation surges to worst levels in 15 years, data shows

The area deforested in Brazil’s Amazon region reached a 15-year record after a 22% increase from the prior year, according to official data published Thursday.

Couple’s $86M award in Monsanto pesticide case stands

The state Supreme Court’s denial of review upholds an appeals court’s ruling in favor of Alva and Alberta Pilliod of Livermore.