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Paris is becoming a city of bikes. Across China, people are snapping up $5,000 electric cars. On Earth Day, a look at a few bright spots for emission reductions.

Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”

Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather.

There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.

Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver.

As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you.

Blocking solar rays. Sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ideas that sound like science fiction are now starting to become reality, raising concerns about safety.

Ocean Conservation Namibia is disentangling a record number of seals, while broadcasting the perils of marine debris in a largely feel good way.

As the planet hurtles toward an irreversible climate tipping point, natural gas projects will further devastate the environment.

Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people.

By next year, American natural gas will start flowing across Mexico to a major export terminal on the Pacific, reflecting a global energy landscape transformed by U.S. dominance in gas.

Interest in sun shields, once a fringe idea, has grown. Now, a team of scientists says it could launch a prototype within a few years.

Campaigns on the crowdfunding site raised more money for wildfire survivors with high incomes than for those who need help most, researchers found.

Mr. Kerry, 80, is expected to work on President Biden’s re-election campaign to stress the administration’s climate achievements.

The state is courting high-tech investments, but a new industrial park may lack enough water. Opponents say piping it from miles away might dry out residential wells.

A proposed export terminal on the Louisiana coast highlights the tension between economic growth, geopolitics and the environment.

Scientists are already busy trying to understand whether 2023’s off-the-charts heat is a sign that global warming is accelerating.