From humanitarian crises and youth unemployment to climate resilience and development financing, many of today’s global challenges pass through a single United Nations body that is quietly turning 80 ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

The Supreme Court’s decision in May to narrow the scope of environmental reviews under the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act is a dangerous concession to short-term development interests at the ...

Hamish van der Ven receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA.

Amber Wang, a board member for Downwinders at Risk, holds a sign reading "property city of Dallas" as she stands with other activists outside of shingle mountain after a giant countdown clean-up ...