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Drought, a legacy of overpumping, and now military strikes are driving the country’s fragile water and food systems to the brink.
Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.
All 10 of the country’s most at-risk counties are in the South, according to the Climate Vulnerability Index, and half of them are in Louisiana.
A new study finds that the country's 28 most populous metros are losing elevation, from New York City to Seattle.
Faced with a looming fuel crunch, some worry the state will push aside its efforts to combat climate change to keep gasoline flowing.
The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.
It’s not clear who will now write the Congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment — or whether it will be written at all.
A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the U.N.’s new loss and damage fund.
A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own.
