Global warming is melting Arctic sea ice. Can science refreeze it?
Mon 4:45am By Matilda HayBut should we use them?Millions of Americans don’t speak English. Now they won’t be warned before weather disasters.
Mon 4:30am By Kate YoderAn internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in the local offices.Trump said cuts wouldn’t affect public safety. Then he fired hundreds of workers who help fight…
Sun 9:00am By Mark Olalde, ProPublicaThe White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.Massachusetts home-electrification pilot could offer a national model
Sat 9:00am By Sarah Shemkus, Canary MediaInstallations are wrapping up this month for the turnkey program providing solar, heat pumps, and batteries to households that couldn’t otherwise afford them.What do climate protests actually achieve? More than you think.
Fri 1:34pm By Kate YoderThe evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.‘People would die’: As summer approaches, Trump is jeopardizing funding for AC
Fri 4:45am By Naveena SadasivamSome $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.The fix for parched western states: Recycled toilet water
Fri 4:30am By Matt SimonIf it’s perfectly safe to drink purified wastewater, why aren’t drought-plagued states drinking more of it?Logging doesn’t prevent wildfires, but Trump is trying it anyway
Thu 4:45am By Ayurella Horn-MullerThe Agriculture Department is opening more than 112 million acres of federal forests to logging in a misguided bid to prevent fires and boost timber production.New York City is making people compost — or pay up
Thu 4:30am By Frida GarzaNew Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned
Thu 4:00am By Erin RodeThe dispute between two Los Angeles-area districts raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster.Why Trump’s executive order targeting state climate laws is probably illegal
Wed 6:23pm By Lois ParshleyPresident Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue.Trump axed a rule designed to spare taxpayers the burden of future flooding
Wed 4:45am By Katie MyersThe change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.How Trump’s war on climate and equity is impacting ‘woke investing’
Wed 4:30am By Joseph WintersShifting political and regulatory winds have led to fewer shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues.The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Apr 8, 2025, 4:45 am By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyScientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.
Apr 7, 2025, 4:45 am By Laura MalloneeThe Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.In New England, Canadian hydropower has slowed to an ominous trickle
Apr 6, 2025, 9:00 am By Sarah Shemkus, Canary MediaWhether due to drought, prices, or politics, the weekslong disappearance of Canadian hydropower from New England’s grid exposes risks for the region.Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America
Apr 5, 2025, 9:00 am By Julia Tilton, The Daily YonderFormer EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse.Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?
Apr 4, 2025, 3:53 pm By Matt SimonA relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse.The USDA is unfreezing clean energy money — but ‘inviting’ grant recipients to remove DEI and…
Apr 4, 2025, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerThe agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost?The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
Apr 4, 2025, 4:30 am By Anita HofschneiderInside the little-understood fight between deep sea miners and Indigenous advocates for the ocean.
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