Half a century of corporate influence set the stage for Trump's attacks on higher education, a new study argues.

Its trains are attracting more riders, but billions in debt and the cost of expansion show why passenger rail still needs ...

Betsy Robertson was standing in the center of the Spokane Convention Center on Monday afternoon, but she wasn’t there for a gala or a conference. Instead, the event space in the middle of Washington ...

All the claims on the 1.2 million acres of newly opened land appear to have been filed by small-scale miners in Utah with an ...

More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline ...

Some residents oppose renewables. Others see property rights — and the chance to benefit from energy developments on their ...

As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump ...

The U.S. ships millions of barrels of diesel fuel overseas each day even as Americans face unprecedented prices at home.

Many consider the issue urgent as electricity demand surges across the country, partly because of the tech industry’s massive ...

While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI superintelligence poses to humanity, former Environmental ...

The current El Niño has also been given an array of eye-catching descriptors. When Jeffrey Shaman, a climatologist at Columbia Climate School, heard the phrase “super El Niño” for the first time ...

Last year was a tough time for anyone who studies climate change for a living. The United States, once respected around the world for its sprawling investments in science, suddenly reversed course.