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Brazil's new president targets Amazon rainforest, Indigenous peoples

What Thwaites Glacier can tell us about the future of West Antarctica

'Vaccine hesitancy' is on the WHO's list of 10 threats to global health in 2019

Newark, NJ, has a lead contamination problem in its water

Take a dip in the woods: Scientists say ‘forest bathing’ is good for you

National parks and public lands suffer during US government shutdown

The 'Green New Deal' started with six college grads. Now, they're recruiting an army of young people

Almost all countries have fallen short on climate change commitments

Climate change information disappears from federal websites in 'pervasive, systematic' scrubbing

Social media companies could face big fines in Germany if they don’t remove hate speech

Weather 'bombs' and the link between severe winters and climate change

Hurricanes blew away Puerto Rico's power grid. Now solar power is rising to fill the void.

As the US freezes, Russia's still waiting for winter to start

Amid protests, Iran is blocking social media apps and other web services

Mountains of US recycling pile up as China restricts imports

Yes, it's freezing. But climate change is still real.

Big money is backing out of fossil fuel industry, moving into greener alternatives

A California public health report suggests that cellphone exposure is bad for us — but the scientifi

Is one selfie app company changing beauty standards in China?

Russia has a record of disinformation campaigns. So, why wasn’t the US prepared during the 2016 elec