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Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters
"Sometimes a one-page pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way for people to receive information, but a song about go-bags played on the synth is."
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously
E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet American cities remain committed to cars.
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
10 years after the Paris Agreement, countries are still missing climate deadlines
Meanwhile, emissions have continued to rise since the landmark treaty was signed.
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent
A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.
La Cumplida shows how coffee can restore ecosystems and economies
La Cumplida has turned deforested hills into thriving shade-grown coffee farms, showing that healing the land can also grow profits.
Texas floods showed why many rural communities feel abandoned in a crisis
Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and frustrate.
California extends cap-and-trade, as Indigenous nations grapple with the trade-offs
The Yurok Tribe has earned tens of millions from offsets, but critics say carbon markets perpetuate colonialism and allow companies to pay to pollute.
Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were 5 years ago
Major U.S. utilities earn an “F” on a new report card because they’re planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many gas-fired power plants.
After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.
A ‘coordinated campaign of deception’: Philly sues 2 companies over misleading recycling labels
The lawsuit targets SC Johnson, owner of Ziploc bags, and Bimbo Bakeries, the country's biggest bread and snack food manufacturer.
They survived Hurricane Helene. Here’s how they’re doing a year later.
The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.
The oceans just hit an ominous milestone
A new report sounds the alarm on ocean acidification as Earth breaches the seventh of nine "planetary boundaries."
Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
The presidential campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.
How to track disaster spending in your community
As rising global temperatures fuel more intense weather, and disaster recovery budgets skyrocket, this accountability work has never been more important.
The ‘Green Revolution’ transformed global agriculture. Now it’s adapting to climate change.
The same techniques that fed the exploding global population of the 20th century are being used to adapt agriculture to one of the most serious threats of the 21st.
Chicago has a lead pipe problem. Millions earmarked to address it remain untouched.
City officials have struggled to meet state and federal deadlines, and many residents have yet to receive warnings about the risks of lead pipes.