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A huge wind turbine sticks out behind a yellow house with red terracotta roof tiles.

Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for 6 days in a row

For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro, and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.

Julian Spector, Canary Media Energy November 26, 2023

political signs line a highway near a high, dry mountain range

One issue will decide Arizona’s future. Nobody’s campaigning on it.

The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. For politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought.

Jake Bittle Politics October 22, 2024

Low-cost sensors are helping communities find gaps in air quality data

From Ohio's fracking fields to California's oil refineries, residents are tracking pollution missed by the EPA.

Diana Kruzman Health June 24, 2022

A recycling symbol with one arrow pointing down and a robot toy dog on top of it

Discarded toys are creating an e-waste disaster. Here’s how to stop it.

Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies.

Maddie Stone Accountability November 21, 2023

A view of a muddy sandbank with a tanker on a river in the background.

The climate crisis is on track to push one-third of humanity out of its most livable environment

As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Climate June 19, 2023

A group of women and children dressed for cold weather hold signs against truck pollution in front of a stationary blue-colored semi truck on December 20, 2022.

The US has a new pollution rule for heavy-duty trucks for the first time in 2 decades

Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.

Brett Marsh Regulation December 22, 2022

A group of people stand with signs behind a March for Science banner on a street in DC

From the lab to the legislature: STEM professionals run for political office

More than 200 science, technology, engineering, and math professionals are candidates at the state and municipal level this year.

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Eos Politics October 12, 2024

Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility

Europe gets ‘green energy.’ These Southern towns get dirty air.

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near wood pellet mills say they’re getting sick.

Tristan Baurick Health January 22, 2026

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks on stage at COP27.

Facing a call for climate reparations, wealthy nations propose an insurance scheme

A group of countries led by Germany announced a climate insurance scheme called the Global Shield at COP27 on Monday.

Naveena Sadasivam International November 14, 2022

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