Wildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisis
Aug 4, 2024, 9:00 am By Li Zhou, VoxThe Park Fire, a wildfire in Northern California spanning over 399,000 acres, has rapidly become the…Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder
Aug 3, 2024, 9:00 am By Jessica Kutz, The 19thAngela Girol has been teaching fourth grade in Pittsburgh for over two decades. Over the years…Permitting reform is back. Is the latest deal worth it?
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Thu 4:45am By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyIn 2018, a company began quietly buying up some $900 million worth of land from farmers in Solano…Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?
Thu 4:30am By Matt SimonA climate scientist half-jokingly once told me that if billionaires really wanted to save the…Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth
Jul 31, 2024, 10:59 am By Taylar Dawn StagnerThe vision “Native people are still here regardless of what the settler colonial state might try…‘Twisters’ is a climate movie, but not a very good one
Jul 31, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake BittleThe words “climate change” make no appearance whatsoever in the new film Twisters. This makes…What would a Harris presidency mean for the plastics crisis?
Jul 31, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph WintersAmong the reasons Republicans think Vice President Kamala Harris is unfit for the country’s…How Octavia Butler’s 1993 book ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted our climate reality
Jul 31, 2024, 4:15 am By Syris ValentineOn July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable…California’s Park Fire is spawning its own smoke thunderclouds
Jul 30, 2024, 1:27 pm By Matt SimonWith 600 square miles burned so far, the Park Fire is already one of California’s biggest…‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers
Jul 30, 2024, 8:30 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerWhen Hurricane Idalia struck Florida last summer, a tree fell straight through a trailer occupied by…Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated.
Jul 30, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph WintersAround the world, an estimated 20 million people make a living by collecting discarded plastic,…Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
Jul 30, 2024, 4:30 am By Jennie DurantFor the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in…How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change
Jul 30, 2024, 4:10 am By Caroline Preston, The Hechinger ReportAt the end of a semester that presaged one of the hottest summers on record, the students in…Critics of congestion pricing often end up supporting it. Here’s why.
Jul 29, 2024, 4:45 am By Akielly HuNew York City’s plan to charge most vehicles $15 to enter downtown Manhattan would have eased…As US bets big on hydrogen for clean energy, local communities worry about secrecy and public health
Jul 29, 2024, 4:30 am By Molly PetersonBillions of dollars in public money are beginning to flow to seven “hydrogen hubs” around the…One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Jul 29, 2024, 4:15 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerOne in 11 people worldwide went hungry last year, while one in three struggled to afford a healthy…This little-known agency has billions to make federal buildings green
Jul 28, 2024, 9:00 am By Alison F. Takemura, Canary MediaAn under-the-radar U.S. agency is pushing efforts to slash emissions from buildings, marshaling…As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water
Jul 27, 2024, 9:00 am By Berenice Garcia, The Texas TribuneThe Rio Grande is no longer a reliable source of water for South Texas. That’s the sobering…Can Florida’s orange growers survive another hurricane season?
Jul 26, 2024, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerOranges are synonymous with Florida. The zesty fruit can be spotted adorning everything from license…
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