EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 ...
Last decade was Earth’s hottest ever as CO2 levels reach an 800,000-year high, says UN report
Last year was the hottest year on record, the top 10 hottest years were all in the past decade and planet-heating carbon ...
Trump may ax EPA’s research office and fire most of its staff
The EPA is considering shutting down its Office of Research and Development, which conducts research on environmental hazards ...
America’s ports have labored to clean up pollution. Will that continue?
America's ports have long struggled with dirty air that chokes nearby neighborhoods and jeopardizes the health of people living there.
EPA considers eliminating its science arm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the elimination of its science arm and firing most of that branch’s ...
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Light pollution threatens fleet of world-class telescopes in Atacama Desert
The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...
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See How Drought Whiplash Led to California Wildfires
The devastating fires in California early this year came after a particularly unfortunate weather pattern—an exceptionally ...
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The Nation’s Chief Engineers Turn to Nature to Improve Flood Protection
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with nature instead of bulldozing it into submission. Will this enlightened approach prevail?