America's bizarre, dangerous winter showcased the extreme weather climate...
In February, t-shirt, sun-on-your-skin weather came early in states from Illinois to New York. Now, midway through March, Americans across the East Coast are trudging through snow banks in boots and...
View ArticleTrump’s EPA cuts are great news for polluters, but bad news for his voters
The White House's released its proposed 2018 budget Thursday: a grindstone that would strip financial mass from agencies across the federal government in order to add $52 billion to the military.No...
View ArticleEveryone needs to stop ignoring the real toxins that are linked to autism
The publication of Andrew Wakefield's notorious and now discredited research on autism and vaccines in 1998 triggered a surge of worry about vaccine safety. Since then, questions about a purported...
View ArticleTrump's plan to cut climate programs won't hurt scientists that much — but it...
Climate scientists recently got some bad news: The White House released a budget Thursday promising $100 million in cuts to NASA's Earth Science program, and another $100 million in cuts to climate...
View ArticleRepublicans are slamming Trump's plan slash funding to an environmental...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It sounds like an idea that would warm a conservative Republican's heart: Kill funding of a regional environmental cleanup that has lasted seven years and cost the federal...
View ArticleThese are officially the 19 most incredible photos taken by drone
The 2016 SkyPixel Photo Contest has recognized the most beautiful and breathtaking aerial images taken by drone from around the world.Along with Chinese technology company DJI, aerial photography...
View ArticleA lab invented a sponge that sucks up oil — and it could revolutionize the...
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View ArticleArctic sea ice just hit a new record low in the North Pole
The ice caps on our planet's North and South Poles are always there, though they swell and subside with the seasons.That has been a fact of life on Earth since a time before humans stood on two legs....
View ArticleDozens of California communities are seeing patterns of lead poisoning that...
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Dozens of California communities have experienced recent rates of childhood lead poisoning that surpass those of Flint, Michigan, with one Fresno locale showing rates nearly three...
View ArticleAt one end of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, there is a scene you must see to...
The Trump administration granted a presidential permit March 24 for a multibillion-dollar underground pipeline that would move Canadian oil through the US.Called Keystone XL, the project is a new...
View ArticleDevastating photos show how much the Great Barrier Reef has changed over the...
The INSIDER Summary:Australia's colorful Great Barrier Reef is "bleaching" and turning white.Twenty-two percent of the coral is dead.Parts of the site may never recover from the damage caused by...
View ArticlePhotos of new tiger cubs in Thailand reveal a 'miraculous' comeback for the...
Bangkok - Conservationists on Tuesday hailed the discovery of a new breeding population of tigers in Thailand as a "miraculous" victory for a sub-species nearly wiped out by poaching.Images of some...
View ArticleHere's how Trump's plan to dismantle Obama's climate legacy could fall apart
It was not a very good day for environmentalists.On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to reverse many elements of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy.The...
View ArticleChina is calling on the US to honor climate commitments after Trump moved to...
Beijing (AFP) - China on Wednesday called on the US to honor its commitments to tackle climate change, after President Donald Trump moved to roll back American emissions targets set by his predecessor...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups are preparing to go to court to fight Trump's climate...
CHICAGO (AP) — Environmental groups that have hired scores of new lawyers in recent months are prepared to go to court to fight a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that eliminates...
View Article12 foods that might become extinct in your lifetime
The INSIDER Summary:Some of our most beloved foods such as avocados and bananas may not be around for much longer.Due to climate change, wild coffee beans are anticipated to be gone by the year...
View ArticleTrump’s environmental ideas are unpopular all over the country — here's why...
President Trump really wants to undo Barack Obama's climate legacy.With an executive order signed March 28, he scrapped Obama's Climate Action Plan, lifted a moratorium on coal leases on federal land,...
View ArticleThe EPA decided not to ban a pesticide that its own scientists have linked to...
The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a bid by environmental groups to ban a common pesticide used on citrus fruits, apples, cherries, and other crops.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on...
View ArticleTrump’s EPA just told states they can ignore a key Obama-era carbon dioxide...
Obama's marquee effort to control carbon emissions from US power plants, the Clean Power Plan, is effectively dead, according to EPA chief Scott Pruitt.The plan sought to cut emissions from power...
View ArticleTrump's EPA chief says the Paris climate agreement is a 'bad deal'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should continue to be "engaged" in international climate change discussions but the Paris climate change agreement is a "bad deal" for the country, the head of...
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