Environment

Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed a bill into law that prohibits single-use plastic and paper bags and disposable food containers and cups made out of polystyrene foam as of May 2022.

The United States formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change.

The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta began has moving ashore in Nicaragua with devastating winds and rains that have already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow.

The United States is out of the Paris climate agreement on the day after the presidential election.

A new study finds that well more than a million tons of plastic waste in the U.S. isn't going where it should, instead ending up in oceans and rivers and along roads.

With calming winds, firefighters continued to make progress on the Silverado Fire that forced tens of thousands of evacuations.

Colorado broke the record for its largest wildfires on record twice this season, with the top fire burning over 318 square miles.

The state Air Resources Board said California emitted the equivalent of 425 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 — about a million more than in the previous year.

An ocean sunfish swimming off the coast of Massachusetts has gotten a lot of unnecessary attention recently -- for simply “doing normal sunfish activities.”

The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday.

The study highlights the endangered animals’ continual exposure to climate change, along with the impact of proposed oil drilling on the animals.

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in a tweet on Saturday.

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky partnered with conservationists to help release the animals into their new homes.

After several rounds of CDC testing, investigators discovered that traces of the amoeba were found at Lake Jackson Civic Center Splash pad, a nearby fire hydrant, and the 6-year-old's bib. 

The report, commissioned by President Donald Trump’s CFTC, found that climate change is already impacting or is anticipated to impact nearly every facet of the economy.