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The $5 billion project in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to help produce up to 10 billion barrels of oil by the end of this decade. Critics say it could endanger people and marine life.

Geography and regional rivalries have prevented Gulf countries from finding a true alternative to the strait, which the war with Iran has effectively shut down.

An eight-week voyage to the bottom of the Earth helped the photojournalist Chang W. Lee better understand his late father.

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.

Brian Joondeph, a Colorado-based ophthalmologist and political commentator, has not published peer-reviewed research on air pollution science.

Proposals include transferring a supercomputer to the University of Wyoming and shifting a space weather lab to a private company.

Palisades fire victims want to raise money for disaster hardening. Their idea could be a model — if it can get past L.A.’s most vexing housing problems.

A look at the war in Iran’s effects on global energy markets, two activists whose Sierra Club memberships were revoked, and more climate and environmental news.

A lawsuit argues that the state’s regulations would illegally force a rapid transition to electric vehicles.

The oil crisis in the Middle East could spur countries to invest in wind, solar and otherrenewables. It could also spike reliance on coal, a cheap and polluting fossil fuel.

The climate pattern known for intense heat, floods and drought is likely to develop this summer, raising questions about disaster preparedness.

Erin McGuire ran a research network that studied how to get healthy food to marginalized populations around the world.

The low-grade oil has been used to fuel power plants amid Iran’s international isolation. Tanks of mazut may now be burning near the city.

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

War is polluting the skies and waterways in Iran, and experts are warning that the conflict’s environmental effects could extend beyond the country.

While officials look for ways to ease oil shocks, experts say higher prices will likely persist until traffic through the Strait of Hormuz returns.

A Kenyan environmentalist, she began by paying women a few shillings to plant trees and went on to become the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the Amazon.

Iran has accused the United States of bombing a desalination plant on Qeshm Island. The country was already facing a severe water shortage.

More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.