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Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.

Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning

A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.

Stacey Burling, Inside Climate News Energy April 30, 2023

A person stands in front of a panel showing the Earth on fire

Is accepting the end of humanity the key to climate action? This scholar thinks so.

“This is not another ‘before it’s too late’ book. This is a ‘what if it’s already too late?’ book.”

Diana Kruzman Culture July 29, 2022

Illustration of Black hand reaching for red plums on a peach background

Cities are planting trees. Why not make them fruit trees?

From backyards to sidewalks, communities in Philadelphia and beyond see food-bearing trees as a path to food justice and climate adaptation.

Marigo Farr Food September 13, 2022

Migrants, most from Haiti, trek through the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, on their journey towards the United States

‘Disappointing’: The US’s first climate migration report falls flat

“We went from a bold call and vision to, well, nothing.”

María Paula Rubiano A. & Adam Mahoney Climate October 25, 2021

A man stands on a hill under a cloudy sky as water pours from a pipe.

Texas’ water infrastructure is broken, jeopardizing quality and supply for a growing state

On a daily basis, water managers in cities across the state move from crisis to crisis hoping to keep the water flowing to residents.

Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune & Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune Drought May 13, 2023

Smoke from California's Blue Ridge Fire turned skies a hazy orange.

New study strengthens link between wildfire smoke and severe COVID

Smoke from last year’s West Coast wildfires was associated with almost 20,000 excess COVID-19 cases.

Joseph Winters Climate August 16, 2021

Collage: a hand surrounded by water droplets, wet leaves, cutouts of ponds, mosquitoes, and a can of bug spray

Humidity, the mosquito, and me

Mosquitoes and I cherish the same thing when it comes to our ideal summer weather: mugginess.

Eve Andrews Culture August 4, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks along side Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young as he introduces his budget request for fiscal year 2023.

What’s in Biden’s $5.8 trillion budget proposal?

Funding for green jobs, climate research, and environmental justice.

Diana Kruzman Politics March 29, 2022

Illustration of an hourglass with sun and red sand on top; snow and blue sand on bottom

New official tallies show 2021 was another year of record warming

As the years tick by and Earth continues to warm, scientists will continue to clock record-breaking temperatures on land and sea.

Zoya Teirstein Climate January 12, 2022

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