Cleaning up ‘forever chemicals’ is costly and messy — just ask this Wisconsin town.
Feb 2, 2023, 11:45 am By John McCracken
It’s late October in the northeast corner of Wisconsin. Trees have started to change colors and a…Report: Burning gas in oil fields cost tribes $22 million
Feb 2, 2023, 11:30 am By Maria Parazo RoseIn 2019, oil and gas companies operating on tribal and federal lands lost $63 million in revenue…Exxon reports record profits, doubles down on fossil fuels
Feb 1, 2023, 9:52 pm By Lylla YounesWhile Americans were reckoning with sky-high gas prices at the pump last year, the country’s…There’s a deal to save the Colorado River — if California doesn’t blow it up
Feb 1, 2023, 11:45 am By Jake Bittle
After months of tense negotiation, a half-dozen states have reached an agreement to drastically cut…EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine
Feb 1, 2023, 11:30 am By Jessie BlaeserThe Environmental Protection Agency used the Clean Water Act on Monday to veto a proposed copper and…How a defunct Trump policy still threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
Jan 31, 2023, 11:45 am By Jessie Blaeser
For centuries, the Okefenokee Swamp has been a haven for people, animals, and plants. The…Auckland drenched by New Zealand’s wettest month on record
Jan 31, 2023, 11:30 am By Avery Schuyler NunnNew Zealand’s capital remained under a state of emergency Monday after the heaviest rainfall on…Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest
Jan 30, 2023, 11:45 am By Naveena SadasivamLast week, the Biden administration restored protections for the world’s largest intact temperate…‘The Deluge’ is a climate nightmare — and it’s based on reality
Jan 30, 2023, 11:30 am By Kate Yoder
It was the year 2028, and I was hiding with eco-terrorists in a cabin deep in the woods. We were…As fracking increases in the Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny
Jan 30, 2023, 11:15 am By Amal Ahmed
This story is produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit news site that investigates climate issues. When…Documents show how 19 ‘Cop City’ activists got charged with terrorism
Jan 27, 2023, 11:45 am By Alleen Brown
A burst of gunfire rang through a forest on the edge of Atlanta, Georgia, on the morning of January…How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’
Jan 27, 2023, 11:30 am By Claire Elise Thompson
This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring…Oil refineries are polluting US waterways. Too often, it’s legal.
Jan 26, 2023, 11:49 pm By Blanca Begert
Oil refineries are a well-documented source of air pollution, but less attention is paid to the ways…The best way to save forests? Legally recognize Indigenous lands.
Jan 26, 2023, 3:15 pm By Joseph LeeRecognizing and demarcating Indigenous lands leads to reduced deforestation and increased…Utilities use customer dollars to pay for their lobbying. Here’s how lawmakers can stop it.
Jan 26, 2023, 3:00 pm By Kate YoderElectric and gas utilities have used money collected from customers to lobby lawmakers, butter up…Tired of being told to ‘adapt,’ an Indigenous community wrote its own climate action plan
Jan 26, 2023, 11:30 am By Carly Graf
This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring…Ann Arbor’s big decarbonization bet
Jan 25, 2023, 11:30 am By Avery Schuyler Nunn
This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring…Britain’s protected natural areas are failing to stop biodiversity loss
Jan 25, 2023, 11:15 am By Joseph LeeIn the United Kingdom, some species of bees, ladybugs and spider populations are declining at faster…A zero emissions future without the mining boom
Jan 24, 2023, 7:13 pm By Blanca Begert
The effort to shift the U.S. economy off fossil fuels and avoid the most disastrous impacts of…Can cities eliminate heat-related deaths in a warming world? Phoenix is trying.
Jan 24, 2023, 11:30 am By Emma Loewe
This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring…
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