Graduate students report on proposed bill to create a new department overseeing sustainability efforts in New York City.

But researchers point to expected funding for stormwater capture and cleanup projects as positive step.

World governments and other leadership bodies are taking vital steps to protect the ocean but more progress is urgently needed, Oregon State University scientists reported today at the Our Ocean Conference.

Around the world, people are being urged to act now to reverse the effects of climate change, but Dr. Gene Likens says those in a position to implement large-scale change will take time to enact measures at a related scale.

Land is critical to human livelihoods and wellbeing, while actions related to land use also play an important role in the climate system.

The ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry’s water use, a new Duke University study finds.

A University of Idaho-led team of researchers found that experimental fences reduced the number of times elephants left Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park to raid nearby crops by 80-95%.

Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.

Plan identifies four areas for improvement with twelve actions already completed or underway.

The world’s third largest copper deposit is set to literally light up the lives of the people living near it.