In this series, NPR takes readers behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Neela Banerjee is NPR's chief climate editor. The Environmental Protection Agency just announced plans to ...

Researchers say that training a single large language model, like ChatGPT, can use as much electricity as 100 U.S. homes use ...

The approval of a high seas treaty means new protections will be possible for international waters for the first time. It's ...

Repealing key protections could erase $254 billion in annual benefits for public health and the environment, compared with $39 billion in savings for regulated industries Looser rules around air and ...

Ketchikan, Alaska, thrives on the cruise industry, but some locals say the growing number of tourists is impacting the environment. While cruise lines have made efforts to reduce their environmental ...

As the director of the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project, Rachel Santarsiero is in the business of monitoring and facilitating the flow of information from the government ...

What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...