File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

This article explores how recycling, reuse, and sustainable innovation are turning waste into opportunity worldwide. In major cities across the world, mountains of plastic bottles, discarded ...

Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas levels, primarily carbon dioxide due to the burning of ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ attitudes toward and experiences with extreme weather. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,085 U.S. adults from April 28 to May 4, 2025.

The Environmental Protection Agency has altered and removed information from its website that connected climate change to the burning of fossil fuels. The changes come as the Trump administration ...

As global temperatures rise, the spread of infectious diseases is rapidly evolving in unexpected ways. That’s something that Dr. Angelle Desiree LaBeaud thinks about a lot. A physician-scientist, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas ...