The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers
Sep 3, 2022, 10:30 am By Matt SimonThis story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…As heat wave grips Western states, officials warn of blackouts
Sep 2, 2022, 10:45 am By John McCrackenA looming heat wave this Labor Day weekend might threaten Western states’ power grids and their…Displaced Washington flood survivors ‘in limbo’ while awaiting federal aid
Sep 2, 2022, 10:30 am By Rochelle Gluzman
This story from InvestigateWest was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public…Drilling set backs, net-zero, and a nuclear lifeline. Here’s what just happened in California.
Sep 1, 2022, 10:44 pm By Blanca BegertAfter decades of fighting to end neighborhood oil drilling in California, environmental justice…The most influential calculation in US climate policy is way off, study finds
Sep 1, 2022, 3:00 pm By Emily PontecorvoThe United States doesn’t have any federal laws that say electric utilities have to switch to…Prison air conditioning is coming too slowly for those who need it most
Sep 1, 2022, 10:45 am By Alleen Brown
“We are basically sitting in an oven, slow-cooking,” said Demetrius Cotchery, who is…School’s out: As temperatures rise, some students sent home because of lack of AC
Sep 1, 2022, 10:30 am By John McCrackenSchool is back in session and teachers have more than lesson plans on their mind: outdated…Court sends 2 Gulf oil leases back to the Department of the Interior
Sep 1, 2022, 10:15 am By Jessie BlaeserOn Tuesday, a federal appeals court kicked two Trump-era offshore oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico…The electric vehicle boom could bring lithium mines back to North Carolina
Aug 31, 2022, 10:45 am By Blanca Begert
In the Piedmont region of North Carolina, about 50 miles east of the Blue Ridge mountains, a thin,…The best-case scenario for Greenland ice melt just got worse
Aug 30, 2022, 9:56 pm By Kate YoderGreenland’s melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches, twice as much…Jackson’s water crisis was triggered by floods and compounded by racism
Aug 30, 2022, 8:48 pm By Joseph LeeMississippi Governor Tate Reeves has declared a state of emergency in Jackson, with 180,000 people…Why drought looks different depending on your region
Aug 30, 2022, 10:45 am By Chad Small
The Samascott Family has been growing apples on their self-named orchard in Kinderhook, New York,…The ‘climate dystopia’ displacing millions of Pakistanis
Aug 30, 2022, 10:30 am By Blanca Begert
After weeks of relentless rains, a new cycle of flash floods devastated parts of Pakistan over the…How Kentuckians want to hold coal companies accountable for deadly flooding
Aug 29, 2022, 10:45 am By John McCrackenNearly 60 Kentucky residents have filed a lawsuit against neighboring coal companies, alleging…Americans are convinced climate action is unpopular. They’re very, very wrong.
Aug 29, 2022, 10:30 am By Kate Yoder
It can be hard to guess what others are thinking. Especially when it comes to climate change. …Friday night fish frys define Wisconsin. What happens when climate change adjusts the menu?
Aug 26, 2022, 10:45 am By John McCracken
On any given Friday night in Wisconsin, you’re probably eating fish. A weekly offering of fried…It’s official: California is phasing out gas-powered cars by 2035
Aug 25, 2022, 8:49 pm By Naveena SadasivamCalifornia is moving full steam ahead with its plan to ban the sale of new gas-guzzling cars. On…How Colorado River Basin tribes are managing water amid historic drought
Aug 25, 2022, 10:45 am By Joseph Lee
This story is published in collaboration with High Country News. Amid historic drought in the…In ‘On Sacred Ground,’ the sound of white guilt drowns out the drama of Standing Rock
Aug 25, 2022, 10:30 am By Jason Asenap
I’ve often wondered what a fictional feature film set at Standing Rock, at the height of the 2016…Study: Extinction threatens up to 16% of native US tree species
Aug 25, 2022, 10:15 am By Emily PontecorvoIn 2017, a team of tree conservation researchers from the Morton Arboretum, outside of Chicago, set…
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