EPA plan to ease mercury standards raises ire of moms' group, activists

Phoenix mom Claudia Faudoa joined dozens of activists Monday who called the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to relax standards on power plant emissions, like mercury, an “attack on American children.” “I’ve traveled all the way from Arizona this morning to tell you that my children are the most precious resource I have,” Faudoa said at a public hearing on the proposed changes.

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What Was It Like When Oxygen Appeared And Almost Murdered All Life On Earth?

A climate catastrophe 2 billion years ago almost ended life on Earth. Here's the biggest lesson of all.

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Germany renewables share jumped to to 72.4% last week

After reaching 65% renewables earlier this month, Germany soared past that to 72.4 per cent last week, with wind power accounting for most of it.

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As ice fields melt in Norway, archaeologists are uncovering ancient weapons, tools and clothing, and racing to preserve the material record before it is destroyed. | All Desing İdeas

Since the singing sweltering summer of 2006, just about 3,000 archeological antiques have showed up from the softening ice in Oppland, Northern Norway. Among them, an Iron Age tunic, a 1,500-year-old bolt and a 3,400-year-old shoe.

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England could run short of water within 25 years

England is set to run short of water within 25 years, the chief executive of the Environment Agency has warned. The country is facing the ‘‘jaws of death”, Sir James Bevan said, at the point where water demand from the country’s rising population surpasses the falling supply resulting from climate change.

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The Curious Case of Tainted Milk from a Maine Dairy Farm

For Maine dairy farmer Fred Stone, the discovery in 2016 that his cows were producing tainted milk has since brought financial ruin and threatened to shut down a century-old family business.

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Weedkiller Glyphosate a 'Substantial' Cancer Factor

Jury to consider damages after one of the world's most widely-used weedkillers is blamed for cancer.

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