Unionized state workers say agencies need to study the additional emissions that would be caused by requiring employees to come into the office four days a week.
"There's always a place in not just the market, but a range of situations and mindsets, for things that are cheap, fast, and just barely in control," the Whole Earth Catalog creator tells Reason.
A response to the popular science communicator Hank Green
Greenlandic hunters fear a U.S. takeover because Americans "think whales and seals are cute and shouldn’t be hunted."
Plus: pro-tech media sells to big tech, Trump's new tariffs, jobs numbers, and more...
America once dominated the rare-earth market, but permitting requirements are holding the industry back.
Whole Earth Catalog creator Stewart Brand discusses maintaining complex systems, the importance of stewardship, and how technological optimism shapes the future.
Plus: Strait talk, vaccines and the courts, Ted Cruz vs. the Oscars, and more...
Contrary to the claims of the not-in-my-backyard technophobes, all this growth comes with minimal environmental downsides.
The job of scientists isn't to manufacture alarm. It's to communicate the truth.
The bill has a wide variety of groups worried that they could be targeted for criticism of large agribusinesses.
Plus: The Trump administration wants to roll back "disparate impact" regulations, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to roll back environmental review regulations, and L.A. waives fees for wildfire rebuilds.
The SPEED Act is unlikely to pass the Senate, but hopefully it will initiate sorely needed bipartisan reforms.
Recent innovations could help address plastic pollution.
GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin and elsewhere are pushing the idea that abortions are a water quality issue.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperatures are on the rise after 33 years of largely fruitless negotiations.
A heavily reported expose on one of the nation's environmentalist organizations in the New York Times
Steven Hayward has the final word in the recent Law & Liberty Forum on the future of environmental policy.
A bleak, absurdist take on the gap between the world of HR corporate speak and ordinary Americans
The Microsoft co-founder recently penned a letter arguing that increasing global prosperity is the best way forward on the issue.
Wildfire smoke is bad for your health. Environmental regulations make it worse.
The Hendry County Sheriff accused Captains for Clean Water of "fuel[ing] hostility and provok[ng] violent rhetoric," but a free speech advocacy group says they were well within the First Amendment.
The groups are using the lawsuit to halt the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda.
The evidence against Kawhi Leonard, Steve Ballmer, and the Clippers is damning.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against any additional construction at the immigration detention center amid plans to increase the facility’s capacity to 4,000 detainees.
Most of Big E spends little on cleaning rivers or parks and far more on filing lawsuits.
Europe’s lower GDP, higher electricity prices, and strict environmental regulations impede the use of air conditioning, contributing to the continent’s annual 175,000 heat-related deaths.
Why Sen. Mike Lee's plan to sell public land doesn't go far enough
As climate and equity proposals lose steam, activist investors are targeting junk food, soda, and alcohol in the name of corporate responsibility.
The budget proposal calls for gutting federal energy funding and environmental justice initiatives.
The California Environmental Quality Act has created a regulatory nightmare.
"Supply-side progressives" like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are ultimately technocrats, not libertarians. But they recognize that more is better than less and that a good society is not zero-sum.
The outgoing administration shoveled out loans for projects that private lenders wouldn't fund.
During Trump's first term, California filed numerous lawsuits seeking to halt deregulation.
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Is the Climate Superfund Act unconstitutional?
For decades, federal rules punished good Samaritans who tried to tackle toxic mine pollution. A new program removes barriers to restoring waterways across the West.
The U.S. now ranks second to last in the time it takes to develop a new mine—roughly 29 years. Only Zambia is worse.
Climate change is a serious environmental concern, but it is not clear how the EPA helps.
Not only are microplastics essentially unavoidable, but the alleged harm they pose has been wildly overblown.
In this latest skirmish between the future and its enemies, the future won.
Some politicians and environmentalists want to tear down Snake River dams in Washington state, even though they generate tons of electricity.
Producing plastics from fossil fuels emits a lot of carbon dioxide, but a new study finds the life cycle emissions are actually lower than glass and aluminum.
After a Michigan couple indicated their intent to open a green cemetery, their local township passed an ordinance to forbid it. A judge found the rule unconstitutional.
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