Environment

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, takes aim at climate change across the federal government in its Project 2025 policy proposals. The 922 page document targets the National Weather Service, NOAA, the EPA, and FEMA among many other federal agencies. National climate reporter Chase Cain explains the implications.

The Seed Project Foundation talks to us about their sustainability initiatives.

A purported sighting of a rat wouldn’t get much attention in many places around the world. But it caused a stir earlier this year on Alaska’s St. Paul Island.

Judge suspends Biden rule surrounding natural gas venting after challenge claims authority overstep.

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week — a decision that followed years of bitterly divided debate.

NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 are excited to partner with the upcoming 35th annual spring native plant sale fundraising event hosted by the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. Get ready to transform your garden into a vibrant and sustainable oasis with an array of native plants and herbs that are perfectly suited to Texas hydrologic issues. The plant…

Learn how you can help save pollinators and keep our earth healthy with Arkearth.

Lab-created diamonds come with sparkling claims: that they are ethically made by machines running on renewable energy. But many don’t live up to these claims.

The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff.

Students in Haltom City are learning a new way to understand the science of the world we live in and how technology is helping us take better care of it.

California regulators on Tuesday approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses.

NBC 5’s Ben Russell tells us about how parts of North Texas are taking steps to save the environment.

For generations, beef has been a way of life in Texas. It’s also the single most damaging food for the planet. Some ranchers are turning toward regenerative ranching, to make burgers less burdensome.

For generations, beef has been a way of life in Texas. It’s also the single most damaging food for the planet. Some ranchers are turning toward regenerative ranching, to make burgers less burdensome.

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.

The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh completed the trek to raise awareness of the need for clean rivers.

Federal research linking “forever chemicals” to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. There’s no medical treatment yet.

Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

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