The announcement prompted the California State Water Resources Control Board to postpone its vote on a proposal restricting agricultural water use in the Delta.
Tree cover loss in the tropics was outweighed by tree cover gain in subtropical, temperate, boreal, and polar regions.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke didn't see the Bureau of Land Management's draft plan beforehand; he only learned the details when he read about them in the news.
A new study of brown pelicans after the Refugio oil spill in California shows how far oil rehabilitation techniques have come in the last few decades.
Many of this year's nominees highlight environmental degradation and liberation struggles.
A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's order delaying the Clean Water Rule.
But to those awaiting the outcome of legal challenges to the president's reductions, the planning seems premature.
Through rituals like tree ordinations some monks in Thailand are integrating Buddhist principles into sustainable ecological practices.
A new study suggests that future fracking practices will require far more water than previously estimated.
A changing climate, increasingly destructive fires, and disappearing insurance policies have left homeowners wondering how much risk is too much.
Harnessing the brain's desire to conform to societal norms could be key to cutting meat consumption, researchers say.
Australian scientists now report that coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef has fallen sharply in all three sections of the reef for the first time in 35 years of continuous monitoring.
A recent study illustrates the connection between consumer demand in the U.S. and increased furniture production in China, which is, in turn, fueling logging in Central Africa.
The proposed reversal has raised alarm bells with environmentalists.
The origins of car fuel economy standards can be traced back to the 1970s.
There are also major wildfires in five other states.
The leak, which began in October of 2015, led to the release of an estimated 109,000 metric tons of methane into the atmosphere.
To help animals navigate our fast-paced highway systems nature conservationists have started building infrastructure designed specifically for critters.
Every similar pre-Trump memo that Pacific Standard found from the last 15 years identified climate science as a top priority.
A judge says the administration doesn't have to turn over legal documents for which an environmental law firm had sued.
The new plan would require automakers to comply with the state's more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules despite proposed rollbacks.
California climatologists fact-check the president's tweets on fire and water.
A new study using a combination of data sources finds that fire is causing more degradation of forests than logging, the other most significant driver of loss in the Amazon.
An excerpt from Vince Beiser's new book about how sand transformed civilization.