DETROIT — In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit’s most elusive residents —…
Read more Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur ‘rewilding’ in citiesANCON, Panama — In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two black-handed spider monkeys swing about their wire enclosure, balanced by their long tails. They arrived at…
Read more Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animalsThe operator of a natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania says workers have successfully plugged a leak that had been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into…
Read more Company: Leak at Pennsylvania gas storage well pluggedA vent at an underground natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania has been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for more than 11 days…
Read more Leak at Pennsylvania gas storage well spewing methaneAs Sharon Wilson pulled up to the BP site in Texas last June, production tanks towered above the windblown grass roughly 60 miles southeast of San Antonio. Cows…
Read more Equipment that’s designed to cut methane emission is failingCan people’s individual actions make a difference in how much carbon dioxide is emitted on an international scale? International organizations like the United Nations have called on individuals…
Read more Climate Questions: Does what I do matter?SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s planet-warming emissions dropped nearly 9% in 2020 compared to the year before as pandemic restrictions kept people at home, out of their cars and…
Read more California carbon emissions fell 9% in pandemic’s 1st yearPORTLAND, Maine — The decline of an endangered species of whale slowed last year, as it lost about 2% of its population, but scientists warn the animal still…
Read more Endangered whale’s decline slows, but population falls againSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to help put more electric cars on the road may seem tailor-made to win support from…
Read more Tax the rich for more EVs? California Democrats splitThe District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday against Velsicol, claiming it violated the city’s environmental laws by polluting a major waterway, the Anacostia River, and its surrounding…
Read more DC sues chemical manufacturer over pesticide pollutionWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments over a California animal cruelty law that could raise the cost of bacon and other pork products nationwide. The case’s…
Read more Supreme Court to hear case that could raise price of pork
