BeyondKONA: Politics & Policy

Un estudio advierte del riesgo de retroalimentación de un cambio climático que ha alcanzado ya niveles récord en varios de sus indicadores.

Temperatures were up and water was down this past year. Here’s a look at the highs and lows.

The Air Nuisance Rule gives Ohio communities the right to sue polluters.

As the 2034 Olympic Games enter Utahns' radar, researchers think the games could be an opportunity to improve our air quality.

Josh Fox fueled the fight against fracking with his documentary Gasland. His latest film, The Welcome Table, sends a potent message on climate and immigration.

The flow of bank credit to climate-vulnerable regions in Bangladesh remains low, with lending heavily concentrated in major commercial areas, including Dhaka.

Beaver dams slow moving water in a way that promotes localized year-round availability, creates habitat for native fish and provides a natural break that slows […]

The president used executive powers to boost oil and coal, but he can't fix the shortages caused by the Iran war.

Indonesians protested in several cities this week, raging against wildfires and a toxic haze that has made thousands unwell for weeks on end in a crisis that […]

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined.

Vigorous movement and repeated contact with barres, partners, and/or the floor can ramp up the shedding of microfibers from garments. And heat, moisture, and […]

The issue, which barely registered with candidates last year, looms large in a race that could determine control of Congress.

The life-size statue’s face has melted away to reveal a skull underneath.

In his new book, Paris Marx explores how global anti-data center movements are fighting Big Tech’s power over us.

Crews at Buttermilk and Snowmass covered snow with specialty blankets last spring and it lasted through a record-hot summer.

Deforestation fell almost 42% in a year, but a possible change in president could reverse the trend.

Only 12% of all air pollution deaths globally occur in sub-Saharan Africa, but over half of all child related air pollution deaths occur on the continent.

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to […]

In his second term, President Trump has taken action to remove protections from marine areas stretching across more than 1 million square miles, threatening […]

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined.

Hundreds of Minnesota lakes, rivers and creeks lie downstream of industrial sites where well sampling shows significant groundwater contamination.

A new report warns that air quality progress in Texas could be reversed by the end of the decade, especially if facilities use natural gas power.

Some of the ousted climate scientists have just published their own research paper, identifying changes in the research field.

Digital Realty paid $120M for land near Atlanta that includes a toxic Army dump. Crews found smoking white phosphorus and called in a bomb squad.

Failed rains and a dire El Niño threaten the waterway that sustains the country, with farmers selling cattle to survive.

In both terms, Trump has rolled back or blocked attempts to reduce highly warming methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

FracTracker and Public Citizen identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a moratorium.

Trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade.

Funded with a $2 million federal grant, the program involves utility regulators and the nonprofit Team Pennsylvania.

The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous […]