The Ursula detention center in McAllen, Texas, June 2018 | Photo provided by Custom and Border Protection to reporters on ...

Last week, the Trump administration took steps to rescind the EPA’s “endangerment finding”—made 17 years ago during the Obama administration—that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

The world was on tenterhooks last week awaiting Donald Trump’s next move toward acquiring Greenland. Perhaps because markets tanked, he backed down from threats to impose tariffs—or worse, use ...

Mexican water law has been undergoing a reform since last year, when a bill was introduced to amend the constitution to make water a human right and change how it is owned and allocated. The bill is ...

Melissa, the extremely powerful hurricane that struck in the Caribbean last week, caused at least 60 deaths, most of which were in Haiti and Jamaica. The Category 5 storm intensified rapidly with ...

Americans love beef with the average person eating three hamburgers a week—a choice that’s getting much more expensive. As of July, the average price of ground beef had risen to $6.32 a pound, up ...

For the first time ever, the amount of global electricity generated by renewable energy surpassed that from coal during the first six months of 2025. According to the think tank Ember, solar and wind ...

Last week, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, many countries made commitments to cut back fossil fuel emissions to fight climate change. China announced it would curb emissions by up ...

In good news last week, Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the High Seas Treaty that seeks to protect marine biodiversity in international waters—those beyond the jurisdiction of any country. The two ...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily stop an expansion of the immigration detention center called “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades, while she considers whether ...

The report from the Energy Department was submitted as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule last week to repeal the Endangerment Finding made in 2009 that said greenhouse ...

Fort Collins, Colo. — The clock is ticking for Georgia. She’s got about a week to live, and she needs to find a mate. How will she know when she’s found Mr. Right? By his flashing light. That’s ...