How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar
4:30am By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyAcross the nation, strip malls, schools, factories, and other big, nonresidential buildings bask in…Jane Goodall’s legacy of empathy, curiosity, and courage
Wed 12:36pm By Claire Elise ThompsonThe vision Every single one of you has that indomitable spirit. But so many people don’t let it…The US experienced staggering growth in solar and wind power over the last decade
Wed 6:00am By Syris ValentineWhen you live far from the sprawling fields befitting utility-scale solar and wind farms, it’s…North Carolina tried to rebuild affordable housing after a hurricane. It took half a decade.
Wed 4:45am By Jake BittleAs wildfires and hurricanes wreak havoc on American communities year after year, the U.S. Department…The EPA wanted to clean up steel mills. Then a group of Rust Belt senators got involved.
Apr 2, 2024, 4:45 am By Lylla YounesIn early March, a small group of Democratic senators from the Rust Belt sent President Joe Biden an…Indigenous peoples’ climate labor benefits everyone. Should it be paid?
Apr 2, 2024, 4:30 am By Taylar Dawn StagnerNow 30, Big Wind spent most of their 20s fighting extraction projects. They were at Standing Rock,…The EPA’s push to clean up trucking goes way beyond 18-wheelers
Apr 1, 2024, 1:50 pm By Jake BittleIn the 20 months since Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which offered billions in…Indigenous Pacific wildfire survivors on Maui can finally get FEMA help
Apr 1, 2024, 4:45 am By Anita HofschneiderAnnDionne Seletin normally finished work as a housekeeper at The Westin in West Maui after 5 p.m.…In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants
Mar 31, 2024, 9:00 am By Emily Foxhall, The Texas TribuneThis story was originally published by the Texas Tribune and is the second of a three-part series on…Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes
Mar 30, 2024, 9:00 am By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin WatchThis story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting…With energy demand surging, utilities fall back on their old standby: Fossil fuels.
Mar 29, 2024, 4:45 am By Emily JonesThis coverage is made possible through a partnership with WABE and Grist, a nonprofit, independent…Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike
Mar 29, 2024, 4:30 am By Zoya TeirsteinPuerto Rico declared a public health emergency this week as cases of dengue fever, a potentially…US landfills emit far more methane than previously known
Mar 28, 2024, 2:00 pm By Sachi MulkeyA landfill is a place of perpetual motion, where mountains of garbage can rise in days and crews…Elizabeth Kolbert wants us to rethink the stories we tell about climate change
Mar 28, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate YoderWhy does it feel like the world has made so much progress on addressing global warming, but also…As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts
Mar 27, 2024, 11:49 am By Claire Elise ThompsonThe spotlight There are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonald’s combined.…This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading
Mar 27, 2024, 4:45 am By Robert LangellierThis story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit…IPLC: The acronym that is keeping Indigenous advocates up at night
Mar 27, 2024, 4:30 am By Anita HofschneiderRoberto Borrero will never forget standing in the United Nations General Assembly on the day that…How bad will heatflation get?
Mar 27, 2024, 4:15 am By Kate YoderSometimes climate change appears where you least expect it — like the grocery store. Food prices…‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just 4 years
Mar 26, 2024, 4:15 am By Syris ValentineOut among a scattering of islands spilled like beads into the Indonesian shallows, an extended…Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws
Mar 25, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate YoderIn Florida, the effects of climate change are hard to ignore, no matter your politics. It’s the…
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