Environment

The 16-year-old activist said people were writing threats to her 13-year-old sister and the rest of their family in an interview with Swedish news outlet Dagens Nyheter.

"The climate crisis is feeding monster hurricanes that bring suffering and death to some of our nation's most vulnerable wildlife," the author of a new report said.

The British branch of the Fridays for Future said the movement wasn't about "one person" in the wake of the Norwegian Nobel Committee decision today.

While the young activist was a favorite, the 2019 award went to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

Drunk bees have been spotted around Australia's Parliament House thanks to a change in the weather.

The protester has been identified as Irish paralympian James Brown, who is registered as visually impaired and won the bronze medal for cycling in the 2012 Olympics.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was sued by indigenous and environmental groups on Tuesday and Wednesday over a controversial gold and copper mine in Alaska. The groups say a Trump administration rollback of protections in the matter could endanger millions of fish in the Bristol Bay.

The northern snakehead, an invasive species that can survive on land, has been discovered in Georgia.

The oil spill has affected roughly 932 miles of coastline, accounting for approximately 100 beaches and 46 cities.

The results of the study question the widely held assumption that most plastic debris at sea comes from land-based sources, the authors say.

The Trump administration justified the expansion of drilling in the Arctic ircle, saying "there is not a climate crisis."

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to work with Michael Bloomberg and a San Francisco-based earth imaging company to monitor climate change with new satellites

Developers want to build the 240-foot-high structure across the Little Colorado River about 6 miles upstream from the point where it meets the Colorado River.

Norm Johnson was thrown out of a window by a tornado that ripped through his Wisconsin home on Tuesday night.

Trump International, Scotland plans for an estate with 500 homes and 50 hotel cottages were approved by local councilors Thursday.

The Hollywood action star and former California governor has loaned his electric car to Greta Thunberg so she can attend a Montreal climate march on Friday.

From growing and roasting the beans to disposable cups and plastic lids, the coffee industry needs to become environmentally conscious.

While almost half of Americans supported their government's environmental preservation actions, 62 percent of people around the world voiced support for efforts taken by their elected officials.

The 18-hole MacLeod course was given the green light by eight votes to four at a committee meeting on Tuesday morning.

The intense wildfires that are hitting the region during this year's season are turning the sky a bloody red.

"Highly automated, intelligent systems promise to transform people's lives and even question the very role of humans," said researcher Laurie Wright.

"They've got Catholic guilt and they're going to confession, but they just have forgotten about God, so they're worshipping the environment instead," Fox News anchor Melissa Francis said Thursday.

At least 97 percent of scientists who regularly publish research focusing on environmental science agree that climate change is caused by human activity over the past century, according to NASA.

Around 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions pumped into the Earth's atmosphere each year can be attributed to 100 companies. That gives them a powerful platform in the move to sustainable business.

Plastic fragments are frequently ingested by a wide range of marine animals that often mistake the substance for food.

Millions of people have taken part in the Plastic-Free July challenge, which asks participants to help reduce their plastic waste by choosing to refuse to use single-use plastics.

More than a third of the 274 species of bees in Sweden are declining or at risk of declining. "A big problem is that they lack places to live," says McDonald's Sweden in a statement.

The non-profit says that the Ambler Mining Road would disrupt Western Arctic caribou migration, cross over hundreds of rivers and streams, and interfere with the subsistence lifestyles of rural Alaskans.

"It's highly likely that any pollution that impacts the health of soil fauna, such as earthworms, may have cascading effects on other aspects of the soil ecosystem, such as plant growth," researcher Connor Russell said.

Making the industry's 80 billion garments per year requires huge amounts of water and toxic chemicals. It employs every sixth person on Earth—most in dangerous conditions for very little money.