Environment

A five-year report says Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to climate change, resource extraction and other causes.

Millions have been awarded to 22 Chesapeake Bay restoration projects to improve water quality and restore habitats in the watershed, Governor Larry Hogan announced Monday.

Gov. Larry Hogan announced that $19 million in grants will go toward 22 ecological projects in the state.

Two Montgomery County teens are expanding composting programs in local schools, diverting food waste from landfills and teaching kids about protecting the environment. News4’s Molette Green reports.

The New York Yankees were seen playing a game from the dugout during a game against the Oakland Athletics. Does throwing your chewed gum to the ground have an adverse impact on the environment?

Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the lookout for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops.

If you shop at Wegmans stores in Virginia, don’t expect to have your groceries bagged in plastic.

The Chesapeake Bay watershed has received an overall grade of C+ on its latest report card. Last year’s status is a slight improvement over previous years, according to the report released Monday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The Chesapeake Bay health score improved slightly from 45 to 50, a grade of C. The center’s president, Dr....

Rob Greenfield waddled and, at times, wobbled his way through Beverly Hills Monday wearing bags of garbage on his body. The cumbersome suit of trash includes cups, bags, boxes, cartons and other discarded items that Greenfield has used this month.

The Biden administration has announced a wide-ranging enforcement strategy aimed at holding industrial polluters accountable for damage done to poor and minority communities. The strategy includes creation of an Office of Environmental Justice within the Justice Department. It also reinstates a dormant program that allowed fines paid by industry as part of a settlement go to community activities such as...

Earth Day 2022 is far from the first. But when was the first Earth Day celebrated? And who organized it? Learn Earth Day’s origins and how it’s evolved since.

An environmental group is pressuring D.C.’s mayor to lift the ban on swimming in the District’s rivers. The Potomac Riverkeeper says the rivers are clean enough in places for people to swim. And in a new statement, the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) said officials are working on a plan to lift the ban.  “DOEE is taking...

An environmental group is pressuring D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to lift the ban on swimming in the District’s rivers. News4’s Mark Segraves reports the administration isn’t ready to allow swimmers.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday ended what his office called a “burdensome” restriction on single-use plastics at state agencies, colleges and universities. The Republican governor signed an executive order rolling back a 2021 order from Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam that instituted the prohibition on most disposable plastic bags, food service containers, water bottles, and straws and cutlery at executive…

New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to travel an average of at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026 under new rules unveiled by the government.

Finance, geopolitics and cybersecurity will all be crucial in determining the scope and success of any energy transition.

One of the early casualties of Russia’s territorial ambitions in Ukraine was the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, a massive energy project that cost $11 billion.

Biden officials said the new funding will allow them to retrofit about 450,000 homes and slash monthly energy bills for families.

There are rapidly rising concerns over what Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine will mean for European economies.

Millions of Americans waiting for news on the future of their student debt got no more information from Biden’s 2023 budget proposal.