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An aerial picture shows flooding from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida.

Hurricane Ian was a powerful storm. Real estate developers made it a catastrophe.

'Dredge-and-fill' created thousands of homes vulnerable to storm surge.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather September 30, 2022

How NYC officials failed to prepare for an air quality crisis

"It’s been a lackluster, underwhelming, frankly problematic response."

Lylla Younes Extreme Weather June 8, 2023

Red tape is slowing the shift to renewables, but Biden’s permitting reform likely won’t help

Projects face a shortage of power lines and delays in connecting to the grid — two issues the debt ceiling deal does little to address.

Akielly Hu Energy June 8, 2023

Two men in a flooded street before a building that says "STORM PROTECTION." One man uses a wheelchair.

The world’s climate plans overlook people with disabilities

The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.

Lina Tran Accountability June 13, 2022

an illustration of a woman in a red dress and a pregnant belly is in a space covered by a mosquito net with many mosquitoes hovering outside

Pregnant in a warming climate: A lethal ‘double risk’ for malaria

Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.

Zoya Teirstein Health May 30, 2024

photo of a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in November 2016

The long legal saga of DAPL arsonist Ruby Montoya is coming to an end

More than five years after admitting to her crimes, Montoya was sentenced to six years in federal prison.

Julia Shipley Protest September 21, 2022

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a press conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 on the 11th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.

The decade-old broken climate promise that looms over COP28

New data suggest wealthy countries may belatedly be providing a promised $100 billion in climate-related aid. But they’ve eroded trust in the process.

Jake Bittle International November 16, 2023

Illustration of Tik and his wife looking at their home with money flying around them

They thought getting their home off fossil fuels would be straightforward. Chaos ensued.

Here’s what happened when two climate reporters tried to ditch natural gas.

Tik Root Buildings March 21, 2024

Report: 90% of all U.S. coal plants are contaminating groundwater

And nearly half have no plans to clean up their mess.

Lylla Younes Regulation November 4, 2022

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