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Despite the coronavirus pandemic that closed schools nationwide, students from 46 states and the District of Columbia submitted entries. We've narrowed those down to 25 finalists.

World leaders are congratulating President-Elect Joe Biden on his victory and they include some who have been close allies of President Trump.

Scientists say accelerating deforestation and development may increase the risk of pandemic diseases. The current economic crisis may also make that trend worse if more people cut down trees for fuel.

The Exxon Mobil CEO had, at times, a shaky hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. He's still expected to win confirmation, but perhaps narrowly.

Public health agencies are set up to regulate air pollution from cars, trucks and factories. Wildfire smoke presents a different set of threats, prompting some of those agencies to rethink priorities.

The vast majority of American cars run on gasoline. But analysts say that's poised to change as electric vehicles take over the market — albeit not as quickly as environmental activists might like.

The polar vortex has brought air so incredibly cold it may set low-temperature records. Will it ever be warm again?

Cows release a super potent greenhouse gas when they burp and when their poop breaks down. It’s called methane, and a lot of farms in Vermont and around the country are trapping it to make electricity or natural gas. We partnered with NOVA to find out how it all works.

Only plant nerds used to risk loving the Hebe, native to New Zealand's cliffs and tufted grasslands. But as winters warm up in the U.S., plum pewter and burnt orange hebes are blooming, along with other species formally doomed by cold.

Up until about 20 years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find wheat fields in Vermont — it hasn’t been grown for baking here since it was planted by early European settlers. When colonial America expanded West, the crop largely disappeared from the Northeast. With its return, so too is bread made from 100% local ingredients and related industries like grain milling.