Community-scale solar farms are booming in Illinois thanks to state incentives.

Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.

Theft in the oil fields in Texas is a growing problem, just as the price of crude oil continues to rise.

Implemented in January 2025, New York's congestion relief program charges vehicles to enter Manhattan's central business district during peak hours.

A new interactive WBUR podcast called "The Midnight Rebellion" reframes the climate crisis as an epic adventure -- one that listeners can choose how it ends.

The North Carolina General Assembly, Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency see diminishing returns for the state's vehicle emissions testing requirements. That program is slated for elimination in the remaining counties that implement it following a public comment period, which ends in June.

The N.C. Environmental Management Commission underwent a political shift in 2023. In 2024, regulators proposed a monitoring and minimization approach after a lobbyist group asked them to do so.

The regulations being considered right now are called the PFAS and 1,4 Dioxane Monitoring and Minimization Plans, respectively. Supporters say they're confident this voluntary approach will result in reductions.

The urban legend called the "Tonganoxie Split" is said to spare Missouri's Kansas City from tornadoes. Scientists are split about its accuracy.

How and dry conditions could increase wildfire risk.