Two U.S. Army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear during training in Anchorage.

The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity.

The Supreme Court is handing a win to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.

The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers.

Congressional Republicans are sending President Donald Trump a resolution for his signature that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States.

Germans are preparing a rescue operation for a sick humpback whale stranded off the Baltic Sea coast.

Crowds gathered at Mount Holyoke College’s Talcott Greenhouse to witness the rare bloom of “Pangy,” a corpse flower known for its powerful odor resembling decaying flesh.

Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory.

Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers.

An official says some hard hit areas of the Northern Marianas could be without power and water for weeks after the Pacific Ocean islands were battered by a super typhoon.

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future.

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators.

The largest restored wetlands in Massachusetts now cover hundreds of acres of what used to be cranberry farms.

A long-lasting weather pattern is blasting hot air across the eastern United States.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows Tuesday after saying the country “looks like we’re going in the wrong direction” in remarks hailing a new natural gas pipeline project.

A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters are warning that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again.

The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025 said he did not see early federal and state warnings sent the day before the storm hit and that staff had no meetings about the pending danger.

A major spring snowstorm briefly closed a key Northern California interstate and extended the ski season at Mammoth Mountain.

Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.

Waters off the coast of California will soon be open to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022.

For years, a popular part of many cruises in southeast Alaska has been sailing up Tracy Arm, a long, narrow fjord marked by steep mountains, glittering waterfalls and calving glaciers.

Vehicle ownership has long been a big part of the American dream.

The developer of a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm is suing its turbine manufacturer seeking to force it to stay with the project.

Marine heat waves are supercharging the damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe.

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide restoration.

Hundreds of volunteers have joined a "Frog Patrol" initiative in a forest near the Polish capital of Warsaw to help amphibians survive road crossings during their spring mating rituals.

The Environmental Protection Agency has gutted rules that target waste from burning coal.

Argentina's Congress has approved a bill that eases glacier protections to boost mining investments.

Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers.

American woodcocks continue to attract onlookers in a New York City park.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits to reduce reliance on foreign energy.

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data.

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work.

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work.

Texas health regulators have told Camp Mystic’s owners they are investigating hundreds of complaints following last year’s deadly floods that killed 27 girls.

Environmental groups have asked a federal appellate court panel to lift its temporary halt on closing an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.

Skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers and rising household electric bills are injecting a wave of attention into who is getting elected to watch over electric utilities.

Children and volunteers gathered at a nature park on the edge of Kyiv to release bats into the night sky.

A juvenile gray whale that swam 20 miles up a river in Washington state has been found dead.

The Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority says widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across the country have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days.

The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

A late winter rainstorm that lashed southern Greece over the last 24 hours turned the sky a surreal red, felled trees and resulted in the death of one man.

Expanding electricity access is transforming lives across Africa, from Nairobi’s informal settlements to rural fishing communities in western Kenya.

An activist ship operated by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation struck a Norwegian krill trawler in Antarctic waters, raising accusations by its owner that it amounted to a “terroristic attack” against legal fishing activities.

A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of an environmental activist who was killed while protesting the construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that critics dubbed “Cop City.”.

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter.

Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record.

The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul.

A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada.

Environmentalist groups say Mexico’s government lied about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accusations authorities promptly denied.

Afghan authorities say that flooding in many parts of the country has killed a further 14 people in the past 24 hours.

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.

About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans.

Driving a car, van or truck is a big part of many Americans’ workdays.

Afghan authorities say that severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours.

As gas prices approach $4 a gallon nationally amid the conflict in Iran, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax.

A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a tie for its lowest winter peak on record.

Tech companies set ambitious climate goals at the start of the decade, promising to slash emissoins that contribute to global warming.

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice to study the flora and fauna below.

Hundreds of used sneakers arrive each week at a workshop east of Paris, where workers inspect them for resale, redistribution or rejection.

Farmers around the world are facing fertilizer shortages and rising costs after the war in Iran disrupted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles a third of global fertilizer trade.

The Trump administration is seeking an exemption from the Endangered Species Act for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, citing national security as it wages war on Iran.

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

The Iran war is unleashing a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health.

Nuclear power is getting a second look across Southeast Asia to prepare for surging demand for power for artificial intelligence-focused data centers.

A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it would allow gas stations to continue selling slightly cheaper E15 this summer in a move that may be good for drivers and corn growers but will likely contribute to air pollution.

A bill introduced by two high-profile progressive lawmakers would pause new data centers in the United States until national safeguards are in place to protect workers and consumers and ensure the technologies don’t harm the environment.

The Whiskey Island salt mine in Cleveland is critically important to providing enough road salt to keep streets safe during the harsh winters of the Northeast and Great Lakes states.

The Trump administration’s $1 billion payout to a French energy company to walk away from U.S. offshore wind development is a novel tactic against the industry that supporters see as creative, but opponents see as foolish and extreme.

Libyan authorities are towing a damaged Russian “shadow fleet” tanker toward a safe area to prevent an environmental crisis in the Mediterranean.

Most consumers are guilty of the same habit — filling drawers or closets with devices such as old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronics once those things are no longer needed.

A Thai court on Tuesday found a major gold mine operator liable for pollution that has harmed nearby villagers, in a ruling that could influence future environmental lawsuits.

Asian countries are burning more coal to keep power going as the war in the Middle East disrupts other fossil fuel supplies.

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records.

The Department of Interior says a French energy company has agreed to give up two U.S. offshore wind leases and invest in fossil fuel projects instead.

More than 2,000 people remain without power Sunday afternoon because of historic flooding in Hawaii.

Conservationists are warning that the Trump administration is working state by state to undo decades of progress in clearing skies over the country's beloved national parks.

Parts of California and Arizona are under extreme heat warnings again Saturday while sweltering summerlike weather stretched as far north as Nebraska — just a day into spring.

Ugandan wildlife authorities reintroduced rhinos into a remote protected area where the large mammals once were poached into extinction.

Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous weather extremes.

The Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies.

Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

Abnormal heat on the last day of winter continues to set records in the U.S. Southwest.

American Airlines and Google said Thursday that they significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline’s flights using an AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails.

President Donald Trump says he knew oil prices would go up because of the Iran war as the conflict underscores the risks of his relentless focus on fossil fuels while pursuing what he calls American energy dominance.

Authorities in Karachi say heavy rains and strong winds overnight have killed at least 15 people and injured several others.

A tiny desert community in Southern California has tied the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. The 108 degree day in North Shore, California, came amid a record-breaking winter heat wave in the Southwest that will stretch into the weekend and could produce even higher temperatures.

Firefighters are battling huge wildfires in western and central Nebraska, as driving winds and dry grass keep the danger high.

Environmentalists want to permanently open a dam built for a canal that was supposed to cut through the middle of Florida from the Atlantic to the Gulf.

A rare March heat wave is pushing San Francisco close to 90 degrees and setting records across the West.

Warming winters are making ice thinner and less predictable, leading to more drownings as people fall through while fishing, hunting and recreating on frozen waters.

Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.