stLouISTHistoric floods hammer Yellowstone, shuttering park and stranding residents
A combination of heavy rain and rapid snowmelt has pushed rivers in the region to their highest recorded levels.
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‘Fortress conservation’ violently displaces Indigenous people
In Tanzania, attacks on the Maasai are the latest in a global pattern of violence highlighted by a new report.
As a heat wave grips the US, lessons from the hottest city in America
Summer is becoming unbearable. Phoenix holds solutions on how to cope.
Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problem
A new generation of reactors promises a nuclear energy renaissance, but critics say the U.S. needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.
Bringing the farm to the people
A fleet of high-tech container farms is delivering locally-grown food security to communities from Alaska to Egypt.
Nearly half of Amazon shareholders agree: Time to cut back on plastic packaging
They're part of a growing movement calling for greater plastic reductions.
Record-breaking heat wave sprawls across US
Medical experts worry that extreme heat is exacting a rising and deadly toll on public health.
Summer has transformed into ‘danger season,’ scientists warn
Hurricanes, heat, fires, smoke, drought: Is it time to stop sugar-coating summer?
Across the Midwest, an ‘unlikely alliance’ forms to stop carbon pipelines
Farmers, tribes, and environmentalists have rallied against the potential use of eminent domain to build the Midwest Carbon Express.
The world’s climate plans overlook people with disabilities
The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.
Puerto Ricans are powering their own rooftop solar boom
Residents and shop owners are installing solar-plus-battery systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Will the government get on board?
A push for public power stalled in New York, but activists say they’re just getting started
Advocates say the New York Power Authority is a "sleeping giant" in the energy transition.
Liquefied natural gas business is booming. But at what cost to the climate?
Twenty-five projects currently underway could end up emitting as much as 20 coal-fired power plants.
Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show
In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.
Companies are reporting cleaner electricity. Researchers say it’s a mirage.
A new study shows that companies are increasingly relying on dubious renewable energy certificates to meet climate targets.
Three open questions about Biden’s new environmental justice tool
More than 2,000 public comments raise concerns that racial justice and cumulative burdens are being overlooked.
Interior Department to phase out single-use plastics on all public lands
Agencies including the National Park Service will have until 2032 to eliminate them.
Aviation can meet Paris targets — if it makes massive changes
Sustainable fuels and increased efficiency could put the industry on track for limiting warming to 1.75 degrees Celsius.
How 60-year-old weather data is flooding Texas with pollution
“Texas’ petrochemical industry is unprepared for severe rainfall because our laws and regulations have not kept pace with our new climate reality.”
How inland America is adapting to high water
We spoke with community leaders, government officials, and residents all across “flyover country” about how they’re protecting their hometowns.