The head of Florida’s environmental protection agency is stepping down two months after a controversial proposal to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks was abandoned ...

Firefighters are battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands, where they say conditions are the driest they have been in at least 120 years.

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Nov. 4, 2024 — Scientists and environmental activists have consistently called for drastic reductions in meat production as a way to reduce emissions and, in doing so, combat climate change.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate ...

Scientists say this milestone in global temperature records should inspire ambition from countries at the upcoming UN climate ...

Independent Sen. Angus King won a third term in the U.S. Senate representing Maine on Thursday, turning back challenges from a former Republican state party chair and a Democratic environmental ...

Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast on Thursday as he wrapped up a four-day visit ...

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Democratic Rep. Suzan DelBene won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Washington on Wednesday. DelBene defeated Republican Jeb Brewer, a political newcomer. The upcoming term will be ...

The decision to euthanize popular pet P’nut the Squirrel continues to ruffle feathers, with bomb threats at state offices and ...

Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon were confiscated and euthanized that week, here’s how the incident became political.