Hiroko Tabuchi    The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in...

Lisa Friedman    The rules were established by the Biden administration after research linked the compounds to a range of serious health problems.

Eric Niiler    Renewable energy has helped make the worst-case scenario a bit less bad. The president said, falsely, it shows that climate scientists were wrong all...

Brad Plumer and Ian Willms    The dream of clean hydrogen has tantalized energy experts for years, but producing it has been tough. Many start-ups think the answer could lie...

Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee    Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.

Cara Buckley and Catrin Einhorn    Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.

Claire Brown and Mira Rojanasakul    Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’...

Hiroko Tabuchi and Winston Choi-Schagrin    Did you know the recycling symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so...

Julia Rosen and Yuliya Parshina-Kottas    The future could be bad, or it could be better. You can help decide.

Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow    The administration will delay a phase out of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.

Chico Harlan    The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

Mira Rojanasakul    A collapse would sharply accelerate sea level rise in coastal cities.

Alexa Robles-Gil, Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Michal Siarek    In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.

David Gelles    A new wave of start-ups are trying to harvest emissions-free energy from inside the Earth, but the industry still faces significant challenges.

David A. Fahrenthold and Maxine Joselow    David Schutzenhofer, a Trump Organization employee, reached out to one of the vendors the government later hired for the iconic site near the Lincoln...

Ivan Penn    NextEra’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy comes as Americans are paying a lot more for electricity, and data centers are demanding a lot more...

Jack Ewing and Gabriela Bhaskar    California truckers have expressed strong interest in the Tesla Semi because it costs much less and can travel further on a charge than electric...

Jack Ewing    A House transportation bill introduced this week would require owners of electric cars to pay 130 to cover the cost of road repairs.

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey    Melanie Malone led a research project to identify and study contamination sites in Washington State. Then the E.P.A. canceled her grant.