Politics

The state is ramping up efforts to protect people and the economy as southeast Virginia faces one of the fastest rates of relative sea-level rise in the country.

Candidates promising action on climate change and public lands won many victories, but several important ballot initiatives were defeated.

Disease has struck the rare Asiatic lions of Gujarat, and other new threats have put their recovery in jeopardy. What will it take to save them?

We asked one of the teenage organizers of the recent Zero Hour Youth Climate March what they’ve learned and how others can follow in their footsteps.

A handful of statewide ballot initiatives will test whether states can effectively counter environmental rollbacks coming from the federal government.

We have five questions for Shelley Silbert, executive director of the advocacy group Great Old Broads for Wilderness.

The relationship between wolves and people raises deep questions that we still need to answer, says environmental ethicist and philosopher Michael Paul Nelson.

The often-arrested social activist discusses his court case against Monsanto and the lessons it offers for other protestors.

A review of Trump’s stated war on regulations doesn't find many successful repeals. But it is hurting regulatory enforcement in quieter ways.

Anyone who disregards the threats of climate change “is stupid,” says retired Lieutenant General John G. Castellaw.