As the nation gears up for another major storm bearing down on Florida, and continues to assess the damage from Harvey, small businesses are helping lead the city’s recovery – providing not only helping hands in the rebuilding effort, but a precious sense of normality.
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As storm surge and gradual erosion eat away at the Louisiana coastline, one archaeologist is doing all he can to document archaeological treasures before they are lost to the sea forever.
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In the absence of broad federal support, state managers in Louisiana have had to go it alone in the quest to save the state’s eroding coastline.
Read moreAs rising seas encroach on the Louisiana coast with increasing regularity, state managers face difficult choices about whom to relocate – and how.
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New Zealand is home to one of the highest proportions of threatened species in the world. Desperate to save its beloved wildlife, the archipelago nation is seizing on a drastic and controversial strategy: kill all the predators.
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The Los Angeles River and Washington’s Anacostia River could become tests of how well communities can balance new development with opportunities for longstanding residents.
Read moreA new study shows how starting and stopping efforts to reverse climate change could speed up global warming
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Residents and others familiar with the treacherous northern Manitoba terrain are nervous about a plan to ship oil by rail there, even with the prospect of oil riches flowing into this isolated and job-hungry town
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The breakneck development of natural gas in British Columbia has raised a few environmental and political objections, the majority coming from First Nations, who have been living on the business end of development in for years
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After enduring three earthquakes in six months, Christchurch is hoping to become the greenest city in the world. Results so far have been mixed.
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