Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds

North America's 2021 fire season, including massive Northern California blazes, was made worse by a supercharged heat dome. What did the supercharging? Climate change. Read More

The US is under pressure to lead the way in reducing plastic pollution — but it keeps making more of it

World leaders are negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution, and the US is under pressure to step up. Read More

Biden administration sets landmark rules to clean up US power sector

The Biden administration on Thursday announced it has finalized rules targeting carbon, air and water pollution from power plants that it says could cut over 1 billion metric tons from carbon ... Read More

Slow, but solid US economic growth anticipated in Q1; inflation likely heats up

U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the first quarter while inflation accelerated, reinforcing financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve would delay cutting ... Read More

Climate and Environment

What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small. The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel ... Read More

Share of Americans who say Jews in US face 'a lot' of discrimination spikes since 2021: poll

The percentage of Americans saying that Jews are facing "a lot" of discrimination in society has doubled in the last three years, according to a new survey released Tuesday. The survey, conducted ... Read More

Climate News

Apr. 17, 2024 — A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on the relationship between CO2 ... Read More

‘Migrant influencer’ Leonel Moreno, who encouraged border crossers to squat in US homes, is under investigation for gun charges

Leonel Moreno, the “migrant influencer” who mocked America on social media and encouraged migrants to squat in the homes of US citizens ... been on national news for being viral on TikTok ... Read More

US West seeks development of workforce, sustainable economy

Welcome to The Hill’s Sustainability newsletter{beacon} Sustainability Sustainability   The Big Story US West seeks development of workforce, sustainable economyAs hotspots ... Read More

Number of Hispanic Americans who support border wall, deportation rises as crisis escalates: poll

Four in ten Hispanic Americans (42%) want a wall along the US-Mexico border, an Axios and Ipsos poll released this week found — a 12 percentage point jump from December 2021. Thirty-eight ... Read More

US to close 'gun show loophole' and require more background checks

The number of children killed by guns in the U.S. hit a high in 2021, mass shootings have surged ... and asked Congress to take additional action to reduce gun violence. WHAT'S NEXT Gun rights ... Read More

Parents in the US: are you happy with your child’s school lunch?

We’d like to know how you feel about your child’s school lunch – and how those lunches vary across the country Across the US, parents, kids, educators and public health advocates are pushing ... Read More