Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program
4:15am By Jake BittleAs a series of monster rainstorms lashed southeast Texas last week, thousands of homes flooded in…The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
Thu 4:45am By Jesse Nichols
While the Gulf of Mexico is a region known for oil, it’s also home to something far less expected.…Occidental Petroleum’s net-zero strategy is a ‘license to pollute,’ critics say
Thu 4:30am By Joseph Winters
More so than any other fossil fuel company, Occidental Petroleum — known as Oxy — has built its…California’s EV wave highlights the challenges ahead for utilities
Thu 4:00am By Syris Valentine
We take for granted the endless flow of electrons that enable modern life just as we take for…How ‘15-minute cities’ could save time, reduce emissions, and build community
May 8, 2024, 11:08 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight There are few experiences more soul-sucking than sitting in traffic. According to NPR,…Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
May 8, 2024, 4:45 am By Maddie Stone
For nearly a decade, Holly Alpine (née Beale) loved working at Microsoft. Shortly after finishing…One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions
May 8, 2024, 4:30 am By Lylla Younes
A quarter of the annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from electricity…The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water.
May 8, 2024, 4:00 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Every email you send has a home. Every uploaded file, web search, and social media post does, too.…Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
May 7, 2024, 4:45 am By Jesse Nichols
When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long…Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
May 6, 2024, 4:45 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj…How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all
May 5, 2024, 9:00 am By Amy Green, Inside Climate News
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of…Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
May 4, 2024, 9:00 am By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas TribuneThis story was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization…The country’s first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75%
May 3, 2024, 4:45 am By Maddie Stone
Aluminum is a crucial raw ingredient in the fight against climate change. But to ensure the…Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?
May 3, 2024, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit…The world’s garment workers are on the frontlines of climate impacts
May 2, 2024, 4:45 am By Louise Donovan
This story is published in partnership with The Fuller Project. As Nour feeds another half-finished…New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t
May 2, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
A congressional hearing on the fossil fuel industry’s “evolving efforts to avoid accountability…After Lāhainā, Indigenous peoples call for independence
May 2, 2024, 4:15 am By Anita Hofschneider
On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency…This spring, DC-area students are planting native flowers — and activating ‘the solarpunk imagination’
May 1, 2024, 11:24 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight Tending a garden is about as hands-on as climate solutions get. On a basic level,…UN plastics treaty inches closer to reality as lobbyists tout plastics’ ‘massive societal benefits’
May 1, 2024, 11:06 am By Joseph Winters
Negotiators wrapped up the fourth round of formal discussions over the United Nations’ global…What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?
May 1, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
For several months last year, patrons of a Seattle coffee shop called Tailwind Cafe had the option…
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