In Michigan: climate change, bird flu and dairy cows — and why ‘none of us saw this coming.’
4:45am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit…Coming soon to a lake near you: Floating solar panels
4:30am By Matt Simon
A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers, a refuge for…What can you do with a degree in degrowth?
Wed 10:54am By Claire Elise Thompson
Hey there, fam. Today’s spotlight story is a collaboration with The Green Fix, a Europe-focused…How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
Wed 4:45am By Kate Yoder
It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the…Biden’s border restrictions are stranding climate migrants in extreme heat
Wed 4:30am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
With much of the southwest baking under record temperatures, immigrants’ rights advocates worry…A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking
Wed 4:15am By Joseph Winters
Corporations churn out single-use plastic packaging by the truckload — disposable yogurt cups,…Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected
Jun 11, 2024, 8:00 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton…What is LaToya Ruby Frazier trying to show us?
Jun 11, 2024, 4:45 am By Lylla Younes
In the winter of 2010, the photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier strapped knee pads over her leggings and…A lack of data hampers efforts to fix racial disparities in utility cutoffs
Jun 11, 2024, 4:30 am By Akielly Hu
Each year, nearly 1.3 million households across the country have their electricity shut off because…Heat waves are making restaurant kitchens unsafe. Workers are fighting back.
Jun 10, 2024, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
Last month, Oscar Hernández couldn’t sleep. The cook, who worked at a restaurant located inside…How forecasts of bad weather can drive up your grocery bill
Jun 10, 2024, 4:30 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
It’s no secret that a warming world will drive food prices higher, a phenomenon increasingly known…Virginia has the biggest data center market in the world. Can it also decarbonize its grid?
Jun 9, 2024, 9:00 am By Sarah Vogelsong, Inside Climate News
While short-lived, the denial came as a surprise. This March, Loudoun County, a suburb of…Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaiian seaweed could change that.
Jun 8, 2024, 9:00 am By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat
Limu kohu is most traditionally destined for poke bowls, but the distinctive-tasting seaweed is now…Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth
Jun 7, 2024, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
The first thing Brazilian astrobiologist Rebeca Gonçalves remembers learning as a child was the…A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possible
Jun 7, 2024, 4:30 am By Gautama Mehta
For nearly a century, a substantial portion of America’s iconic yellow school buses have been…A new satellite could help solve one of our climate’s biggest mysteries: Clouds
Jun 7, 2024, 4:15 am By Syris Valentine
Despite the fact that clouds envelop two-thirds of the planet at any given time, transport water on…A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change
Jun 7, 2024, 4:00 am By Anita Hofschneider
More than 2,000 people are gathering in Hawaiʻi this week and next for the 13th Festival of Pacific…Illinois legislature puts the brakes on a carbon capture boom
Jun 7, 2024, 3:45 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
The Midwest’s largest potential reservoir to store carbon is buried deep under the farmland of…As the climate changes, many species are teetering on extinction. How much should we intervene?
Jun 6, 2024, 4:45 am By Lois Parshley
In the first flush of an Arctic spring,the boreal forest begins to stir, emerging from a silvered…The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat
Jun 6, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
Predicting the future has always been a difficult, sometimes fruitless task, but scientists are…
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