At a time when the U.S. housing shortage has caused home prices to soar, removing the barriers that prevent more manufactured ...

As extreme weather events become more intense and more common, states already face an estimated backlog of nearly $1 trillion for deferred maintenance and needed upgrades to public infrastructure. To ...

Crucial protections for more than 28 million acres of wildlife habitat and traditional Tribal land in Alaska will remain—precluding large-scale development—thanks to a recent decision from the U.S.

Many of the estuaries in the United States were once much larger than previously known, a critical finding as policymakers work to protect and restore these ecosystems. Estuaries—where a freshwater ...

State policymakers are developing and employing a range of strategies to take full advantage of flexible federal pandemic funding ahead of upcoming deadlines. Lawmakers in Vermont and Mississippi, for ...

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today praised the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s passage of the Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) Act. The bipartisan ...

Homebuyers who use land contracts—also known as "contracts for deed" or "land installment contracts"—are entitled to many of the same protections as those who buy with traditional mortgages, according ...

The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean represent more than half the global tuna catch and are among the most valuable in the world, worth US$21 billion each year. But with such ...

Antibiotics have revolutionized modern medicine by making it possible to prevent and treat previously life-threatening infections, but their overuse and misuse can cause bacteria to mutate and develop ...

From diapers to day care and beyond, it’s getting more expensive to raise a family in the U.S. And just keeping up with daily costs makes saving for a rainy day or retirement all the harder. We speak ...

In April, the international North Pacific Fisheries Commission adopted an interim harvest strategy for Pacific saury, a small pelagic species and an important source of food for tuna, sharks, and ...