Daniel Ksepka, the curator of a new display at the Bruce Museum, said he focused on Alaska because it is ‘on the front line’ ...

The Portland metro area lands in the middle of the pack for ozone pollution, according to a new report from the American Lung ...

Maine and its New England neighbors scored high in a recent report on environmental efforts—surprising literally no one.

The maps allow us to see what the most forested places in the U.S. have in common. Zooming in on a few different examples, the first thing you’ll notice is that tree cover depends heavily on the local ...

Humankind faces unprecedented changes in climate patterns, sea-level, ocean acidity, ecosystems, and more. Learn more about the science behind these issues in the following FAQs.

The bill includes a grant program to help residents safeguard their homes, provides a one-time dose of funding for the Maine ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern.

Pope Francis died Monday, the Vatican announced, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with ...

Rosie is a 5th grader serving a one-year term, focusing on climate change. She was elected by other 5th graders in Oregon. Rosie also happens to be a Portlander. On Monday, we caught up with her and ...

The Portland City Council moved Thursday to reject a PGE transmission upgrade project in Forest Park that would require the ...

Portland City Council’s tentative vote to reject Portland General Electric’s project to upgrade transmission capacity is a ...