Climate Change

In a move to help the country meet its Paris Accord climate goals, France announced this week that it will ban the sale of gas- and diesel-powered automobiles by 2040. That will be a big shift, as only 1.1 percent of new cars sold in France are currently pure electric vehicles. Even with the pending ban it will still take a long time to get older cars off the road: French consumers currently keep their gas-powered cars running for an average of 8.5 years, well below the 11.6 years in the United States. 

A look back at history reveals a need to come together.

Check out Al Gore’s “Sequel” plus books about birds, disasters and pollution.

…and one really important reason why they should.

Working as a conservationist often means living in conservative towns. That offers both risks and opportunities.

Mosquitoes and climate change carry disease to endangered island birds. Can the threat be reversed?

The Trump Administration announced the bears would lose their protection under the Endangered Species Act.

A new report finds that malnutrition, unsafe water, drought, floods and other environmental dangers affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

Warming waters are already having a chilling effect on the state’s lobster industry.

The deadly wildfires raging through Portugal have killed more than 60 people and created smoke clouds big enough to be seen from space. Is this the wave of the future? A new study finds that wildfires have tripled over the past 30 years in the Great Plains, putting a strain on local agencies. Meanwhile, California’s wildfires have doubled this year, where drought is over but a wetter season has just produced more grasses to burn. On top of that, another recent study found that the smoke from wildfires can, itself, have an effect on the climate, extending the vicious cycle even further.