Around 250 students from middle, junior high, and high school competed Saturday at the Western Illinois University Regional Science Olympiad in Macomb.

Two notable events occurred last week in jarring juxtaposition. The seven Colorado River basin states failed to reach agreement on how to manage the river’s ever-diminishing flows, while ...

Read a sci-fi short story every month and join a virtual community of fellow science fiction fans! One of Europe's most valuable wetlands is shrinking — and satellite views suggest it could disappear ...

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites—and the ...

Their concerns centered on the company's plans to heat the contaminated soil to separate out the contaminants.

EPA revokes 2009 Endangerment Finding, triggering lawsuit that could reshape US climate policy and Clean Air Act authority.

With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop.

But the EPA rescinded the endangerment finding anyway. In the final rule (PDF), the agency avoids any debate over the impact of GHG buildup in the atmosphere. Instead, it claims that it lacks the ...

New Endangered Species Act (ESA) label requirements continue this year as herbicides gradually make their way through the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson, along with leaders from local organizations across the Mid ...

The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.