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The House Votes to Extend a Program to Oversee Debris Clean-Up in Oceans

The House voted Wednesday to extend the program that oversees removal and prevention of plastics in the nation's waterways.

Emily Moon

Environment

Oil Companies Offer Praise, but No Endorsement, for GOP Carbon Tax

A group of oil, gas, and other manufacturing companies announced their support Wednesday for a Republican lawmaker's proposed tax on carbon emissions.

Emily Moon

A crane flies over the green algae blooms that are seen at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam on Lake Okeechobee on July 10th, 2018, in Port Mayaca, Florida.

Environment

How to Stop Toxic Algae From Overwhelming Florida’s Largest Lake

Blue-green algae has bloomed again in Lake Okeechobee, filling waterways with putrid sludge that can contaminate local water and marine animals.

Rebecca Renner

Environment

Tracking Young Great Whites Off the Coast of Long Island

This area of the Atlantic has been known as a nursery for the apex predator for decades, but no one has attempted to study these sharks' movements—until now.

Erik Hoffner

A man tries to cool himself with a bottle of water during a heat wave on June 9th, 2008, in New York City.

Environment

What We Know About the Connection Between Climate Change and Suicide Rates

A new study sheds light on the relationship between above-average temperatures and rising suicide rates.

Rebecca Worby

An aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24th, 2018. More than 70 have died and 170 have been injured in wildfires ravaging woodland and villages in the Athens region. The death toll soared with a Red Cross official reporting the discovery of 26 bodies in the courtyard of a villa at the seaside resort of Mati.

Environment

Viewfinder: Surveying the Damage From the Wildfire Outside Athens, Greece

An aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Smoke from the Ferguson fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, California, on July 21st, 2018.

Environment

Yosemite Valley Will Close to Visitors as the Ferguson Fire Rages Nearby

Parts of Yosemite National Park will close as firefighters battle the Ferguson Fire, which has burned since July 13.

Jack Herrera

Environment

Inside the Fight Over Extracting Water From Texas for Fracking in New Mexico

The oil business in New Mexico is booming, but due to the state's stricter laws the groundwater being used to access petroleum is pumped in from Texas.

Matt Weiser