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Father son carried flooding Brentwood California

California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.

Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.

Blanca Begert Extreme Weather January 18, 2023

A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers

Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?

A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.

Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight, Miranda Green, & Pam Radtke, Floodlight Accountability November 3, 2024

illustration of a pair of hands holding an ultrasound picture with a colorful scene of wildfires and smoke clouds in the background

Wildfire smoke engulfed their cities. Did it make their babies sick?

Years after wildfire scares, parents are left wondering if their children's chronic illnesses began with what was in the air before they were born.

Zoya Teirstein & Jess Davis Health May 28, 2026

‘Phaseout’ or ‘phasedown’? Why UN climate negotiators obsess over language

Expect heated debates over single words — and even commas — at COP28.

Akielly Hu COP28 November 29, 2023

A sign that reads "East Water Purification Plant, City of Houston" sits outside of a fenced in, blue and gray industrial building

Houston is just the latest Texas city to boil water for safety

The infrastructure woes behind a water failure

John McCracken Accountability November 29, 2022

Aerial View of the Delaware Bay at Kitts Hummock

Protecting the East Coast from fracking wastewater

Regulators voted last week to prohibit wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, from being discharged into the lands and water of the Delaware River Basin.

Joseph Winters December 13, 2022