California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?
May 3, 2026, 9:00 am By Steven Rodas, Inside Climate News
The new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across…The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems
May 2, 2026, 9:00 am By Christine Peterson, High Country News
In March, a month traditionally known for heavy mountain snows and dreary lower-elevation weather, a…Two months in, the Iran war has changed the global energy system forever
May 1, 2026, 4:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
For almost half a century, the vast majority of climate experts have agreed on a solution to global…While Zach Galifianakis finds peace in gardening, I’m at war with raccoons
May 1, 2026, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
I caught a raccoon almost literally red-handed the other day. The night before, it (and presumably…Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.
May 1, 2026, 4:15 am By Jake Bittle
Abigail Spanberger won a landslide victory in the Virginia governor’s race last November with a…The SEC tried to silence activist investors. Now they’re fighting back.
Apr 30, 2026, 4:30 am By Tik Root
Since President Donald Trump took office, the Securities and Exchange Commission has made it harder…Trump’s plan for ultra-fast meat processing would be a disaster for workers and the environment
Apr 30, 2026, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
In February, the United States Department of Agriculture announced two proposed changes to federal…One night a year, humans command this march of frogs and salamanders
Apr 29, 2026, 4:45 am By Grace Benninghoff
On a Tuesday night in April, beneath a sky mottled with clouds, a slick stretch of road in…Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
Apr 29, 2026, 4:30 am By Anita Hofschneider
Billions of dollars have been pledged to fight the climate crisis, but almost none is reaching…Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
Apr 29, 2026, 4:15 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of…This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
Apr 28, 2026, 4:30 am By Rebecca Egan McCarthy
For millions of years, the Mississippi River flowed unchecked, carrying roughly 400 million metric…He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.
Apr 27, 2026, 5:29 pm By Anna Mattson
Kim Booker never thought much about lead during her roughly 27 years living in Trenton, New Jersey.…Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying
Apr 27, 2026, 1:11 pm By Dionne Phillips
Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration on Indigenous rights,…The world is getting too hot to feed itself
Apr 27, 2026, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Two years ago today, an intense heat wave engulfed much of Brazil. For five days at the end of April…The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities
Apr 27, 2026, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
The city has long been a beacon of opportunity, where folks flock to make it big. But metropolises…Michigan wins key legal battle over Line 5 pipeline
Apr 27, 2026, 4:15 am By Vivian La
Michigan’s decades-long fight to shut down the Line 5 pipeline will be heard in state court after…How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage
Apr 26, 2026, 9:00 am By Kylie Mohr
Recovery from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire has been daunting. Residents are still waiting…Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
Apr 25, 2026, 9:00 am By Maya Yang, The Guardian
Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution,…AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous land protection, UN experts warn
Apr 24, 2026, 4:00 am By Aimee Gabay
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is helping Indigenous communities detect illegal logging, track…Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge
Apr 23, 2026, 4:00 am By Michael Cugley
Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalized at alarming rates, AI systems scrape…
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