Early exposure to scientific rigor and climate change’s impact on ranches led Rikki Held to confer her name to the nation’s first constitutional climate change lawsuit to reach trial.
Black and indigenous organizers from across the Mississippi River basin called to grant the river legal standing at a summit in late May. It's part of a nascent movement that has won success abroad and is picking up steam in the U.S.
The Inflation Reduction Act earmarked $10.7 billion to make rural energy cleaner and more affordable. Now there are details on how exactly the program will work.