Bricks made partially of discarded glass and recycling-waste ash have been shown to insulate better than regular bricks, while also requiring less energy to produce. And of course, they additionally use materials which would otherwise end up in landfills.

Zach Shrewsbury, a thirty-two-year-old Marine Corps veteran, is vying for Joe Manchin’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat on a platform of bringing well-paying, renewable-energy jobs to the state.

Climate change is pushing Florida’s native marine species into new regions across the state. You can call them the new natives.

The FTC’s revelation of an oil price-fixing scheme by GOP donors and foreign powers places blame for economic pain where it belongs: on the profit-maximizing fossil fuel industry.

Whether you're a John Carpenter fan or a biology enthusiast, you shouldn't need much convincing to know that the melting of subterranean permafrost at the poles is not a good thing. Last year, scientists gave us one more thing to lose sleep over, reviving a 48,500-year-old 'zombie virus' unearthed…

Nature can’t run without parasites, and climate change is driving some to extinction. What happens when they start to disappear?

Louisiana’s “River Parishes,” located along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, shoulder some of the worst industry impacts in the

Either nuclear weapons kill us or we move beyond them, soon. Via mass death or the building a new security system, the nuclear age is finished. The

Just off a trail in Central Florida lie evidence, piled in bear boneyards, of Florida’s battle between development and an imperiled corridor.

Longleaf pine conservation is considered a key part of climate resilience for Florida and the Southeast. But when it comes to climate change, longleaf pines are not out of the woods.

Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.

The Florida Wildlife Corridor’s vision for conservation land in Florida stops short of providing mechanisms to make it a reality.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to ramp up the renewable fuel carries risks: increased emissions and pollution.

LA-based Eli Electric Vehicles is launching its flagship Zero electric micro-car in the US market later this year, hoping to build on sales success in Europe and beyond. The teeny two-person city dweller starts at just $11,990.

Plugging in our phones at night and monitoring their percentage throughout the day is a fixture of modern life, and the push toward electric cars stands to create even more charging anxiety. But battery materials company Group14 has developed a silicon material that could make these obsessive habits something to laugh about in the future.

If you follow battery technology, you may roll your eyes at another headline about a "revolutionary" new formula, and to be fair, Group14 makes some familiar claims. All of them say they have a "breakthrough" that will help batteries hold two times the amount of energy—an EV with a 300-mile range would have 600; your phone battery could last multiple days—and charge in minutes.

Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield was banned from ExxonMobil’s board after a merger for conspiring to keep gas prices high.

NPR listeners wrote to ask whether the environmental harm from building EVs "cancels out" the cars' climate benefits. Experts say the answer is clear.

A federal grant of $62 million to the nonprofit Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Nebraska, will help build residential solar-power installations for

The White House wants a twenty-fold increase in geothermal energy production to fight climate change and it's counting on the oil and gas industry for help.

Much of Florida will experience July-like temperatures, with high heat indices to close the week. Many hot records will be broken or tied.

The Exxon Mobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Image credit: WClarke/Wikimedia Commons) Plastic particles and chemicals pollute all of our bodies. But people living on the fencelines of the fossil fuel, plastic, and waste industries face even more life-threatening pollution.