Environment

Nebraska to announce decision on Keystone XL pipeline

By Grant Schulte, Associated Press

Nebraska regulators are set to decide Monday whether to approve or deny an in-state route for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Ohio files lawsuit against Rover Pipeline, citing environmental violations

By Erica R. Hendry

The lawsuit comes after months of conflict between Energy Transfer Partners and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

How climate change is making these bamboo-eating lemurs go hungry

By Rashmi Shivni

Climate change is starving out Madagascar's greater bamboo lemur, a study published Thursday reports in Current Biology.

Even earless oysters ‘clam up’ over noise pollution

By Teresa Carey

In response to noise pollution, oysters snap close their shells, which could affect their growth, a new study reports.

GOP senators advance Trump EPA nominees over Dems’ objection

By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency.

These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

By Rashmi Shivni, Teresa Carey

When President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, it was a major blow to the renewable energy industry because of the growing market in America. Now the Trump administration is…

Urban noise pollution is worst in poor and minority neighborhoods and segregated cities

By Joan A Casey, Peter James, Rachel Morello-Forsch, The Conversation

Nationwide, neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and proportions of black, Hispanic and Asian residents have higher noise levels than other neighborhoods.

U.S. endured a record fire season. What could be done differently?

By Sophie Quinton, Stateline

As the wildfire season lengthens and the fires become larger and more dangerous — a trend driven by a number of factors, including climate change — both state and federal natural resource departments are spending more time and money on…

This New York river dumps millions of fabric microfibers into the ocean daily

By Teresa Carey

The Hudson River dumps 300 million microfibers into the Atlantic Ocean each day, according to a new study. Invisible to the naked eye, these fibers can cause health problems for animals and humans.

An eclipse made this atheist photographer find God

By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science

Self-described 'shadow lovers' -- like photographer Mark Bender -- chase eclipses all over the globe, in part because they say the awe-inspiring experience is spiritual.