Matt Smith
Oil-Patch States Are Feeling the Pain As Crude Prices Plunge
Nowhere in the United States is the plummeting price of crude oil causing a bigger problem than in Alaska, where the state is facing a $3.5 billion shortfall in its upcoming $5 billion budget.
Oil-Rich Oklahoma Has Been Hit by Nearly Three Dozen Earthquakes Since Wednesday
The Sooner State has gone from having one or two small earthquakes a year to nearly three a day, with more than 900 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above in 2015.
How to Make the Environment Better in 2016 Than it Was in 2015
Things can only get better from here, right?
A Record Amount of US Forest Went up in Flames Last Year
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak says his department's job has become increasingly difficult due to climate change and a constrained budget environment in Washington DC.
There's a Heat Wave Going on in the North Pole — And That's Not Good News
A storm system is sweeping through the Arctic, bringing spring-like warmth to the pole and strong storms to the United Kingdom, which is causing heavy flooding.
It's Going to Be a Wet, Hot Christmas for Much of the US
The combination of natural variability, warm Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures, and human-caused global warming means lots of temperature records are likely to be broken in the United States over Christmas.
The Obama Administration Just Made It Virtually Impossible for Hunters to Import African Lion Trophies
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has put two sub-species of lion under federal endangered species protection five months after the killing of an iconic African lion set off global outrage.
Here's How Elon Musk Wants to Punish Volkswagen for Cheating
Musk, along with other clean tech investors and environmentalists, has written to California regulators saying the automaker should be forced to accelerate its development of zero-emissions vehicles.
You Can Blame Climate Change for Making the Days Longer
Melting glaciers are causing the Earth's rotation to slow ever so slightly — but don't go making plans for what to do with the extra daylight just yet.
Republicans Threaten to Shred Historic UN Climate Agreement
While GOP presidential contenders avoid comment on the international climate pact approved this weekend, Congressional Republicans continue their efforts to overturn President Barack Obama's environmental policies.
Congress Wants to Give Oil Markets Exactly What They Don't Need — More Oil
The US Congress is considering lifting a four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports, which could exacerbate climate change — and further depress oil prices.