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$500 million from the EPA will support small lenders to invest in renewable energy.

Giving irregular-looking fruits and vegetables a personality could make them more appealing to consumers — and curb food waste.

A new U.N. report finds that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year, and dozens of disasters.

From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.

Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating.

A new study offers the first comprehensive look at the ties between fossil fuel companies and universities.

Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.

A constitutional court has ruled that South Korea can’t just set a carbon neutrality target — it has to have a roadmap to making it real.

A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy.

In an exclusive interview, Biden FEMA chief Deanne Criswell discusses her attempts to create a “very different” disaster agency.

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein, and today we’re going to be talking about a place one journalist dubbed, “the most unfortunate city in the United States.” It’s been just over four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status — the […]

Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move.

Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.

MISO and SPP are seeking approval for a joint transmission project that could unlock gigawatts of clean energy — and create a template for similar collaborations.

A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.

Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease with a high mortality rate, has been spreading in the Northeast as temperatures rise.

"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again."

Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available.

Interviews with people who live near or work closely with Plant Vogtle, America’s largest nuclear power plant.

The company’s pledge to conserve water at its data centers doesn’t account for the thirsty power plants that keep them running.