At their high-stakes annual negotiations on how to address climate change, world leaders made some progress but failed to agree on changes at a scale and pace needed to limit global temperature rise ...

More than half a century after its creation, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)—which provides federally backed coverage for homeowners and small businesses in 23,000 communities—is failing ...

A global community eager for positive news on the environment gained a bit of hope last week when the Group of 20 reiterated commitments to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement and the ...

Public lands contain iconic landscapes that often become synonymous with a particular state, drawing locals and nonresidents alike to visit. In New Mexico, known as the “Land of Enchantment,” Otero ...

Tax receipts in most states declined for the second consecutive year in fiscal 2024—an extraordinary event outside a recession. This highly unusual trend underscores that much of states’ historic tax ...

With more than 600 miles of shoreline on its Caribbean and Pacific coasts, Honduras is home to abundant mangrove forests and seagrass meadows—two types of coastal wetlands that provide enormous ...