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DOE commits $450M to install rooftop solar for highest-need Puerto Ricans

While overhauling Puerto Rico's grid will take years, these funds will offer immediate help to the residents most vulnerable during blackouts.

Gabriela Aoun Angueira Energy August 1, 2023

An illustration of a woman with a visibly pregnant belly kneeling on the ground looking up as a large sun shines ominously overhead

‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Heat waves are making pregnancy more dangerous and exacerbating existing maternal health disparities.

Virginia Gewin Health May 30, 2024

A map of Australia containing a photograph of Clive Palmer

Billionaire’s coal mine blocked on climate grounds

A court in Australia recommended against approving a massive coal mine proposed by a company owned by billionaire Clive Palmer, arguing that the project would exacerbate climate change and jeopardize human rights.

Joseph Winters December 7, 2022

A view down a prison corridor, showing bars and cell doors.

Study: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons

New research makes clear the link between climate change and prison mortality.

Alleen Brown Equity March 1, 2023

Collage: people protesting poor air quality; a house with an air monitor in the yard; smokestacks with hand drawn smoke

Congress is spending millions on new air monitors. Will it make a difference?

The new climate bill could help reveal industrial pollution. But no law requires the government to act.

Lylla Younes Health October 20, 2022

Protestors gather in Dillingham, Alaska for a rally against Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.

EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine

Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.

Jessie Blaeser Regulation February 1, 2023

Participants walk by United Nations, United Arab Emirates and COP28 flags during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

Why are there so many fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28?

A record 2,400 lobbyists are at the conference representing national governments, business groups, and carbon offset advocates.

Jake Bittle International December 6, 2023

lots of people crowd at the beach with colorful umbrells

Europe’s new heat wave is going to be expensive

Both for the people and, potentially, for the planet

Chad Small Extreme Weather July 12, 2022

View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest

The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.

Naveena Sadasivam Regulation January 30, 2023

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