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Great Britain, the place where the industrial revolution began in the late 1700’s, when coal provided power for trains, new factories making all kinds of energy intensive products and more, has set a ...

The Department of Energy has told employees to avoid using certain words, including "climate change," "green" and "sustainable," according to an internal email sent to staff and obtained by NPR. The ...

One of the key ways war leads to environmental harm is by leaving behind unexploded weaponry. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some countries’ leaders are watching rising seas threaten to swallow their homes. Others are watching their citizens die in floods, hurricanes and heat waves, all exacerbated by ...

Attorney General Russell Coleman helped lead comments to the EPA claiming the harms of climate change are based in "unsettled" science. The letter from the attorneys general is in conflict with the ...

Scientists demanded action on climate change based on damage from global warming. As the problem gets worse, the US has dropped out of the race to solve the problem. China, on the other hand, has ...

On the day before a United Nation’s summit on climate change, President Donald Trump delivered wide-ranging remarks to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23 that included calling climate science and ...

Obesity has long been portrayed as a matter of willpower, with popular culture reinforcing the idea that weight loss is simply a personal choice. Yet scientific evidence shows that obesity is a ...

Climate change is a major economic threat. With a new model, economist Andrea Titton shows how climate disasters can disrupt supply chains, how climate tipping points may cost trillions each year, and ...

China announces plans for first-ever emissions cuts, targeting 7-10% by 2035 Xi rebukes climate retreat by "some countries" in veiled reference to United States New country pledges still fall short ...

President Donald Trump went on a rant against climate change at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, calling it the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” and saying that the scientific ...