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Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: ‘cool roofs’

White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption.

Matt Simon Cities July 7, 2025

A map of the United States’ vulnerability to dangers such as fire, flooding, and pollution

How does climate change threaten your neighborhood? A new map has the details.

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.

Kate Yoder Extreme Weather October 2, 2023

Electric workers in a boom lift work on a transmission line with a snow-capped mountain in the background.

America’s grid isn’t ready for a renewable future. A new federal rule could change that.

The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda.

Syris Valentine Energy May 14, 2024

A couple looks at the charred remains of their home burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building.

Illegal price-gouging is rampant after disasters. Can it be stopped?

Rents jumped 20 percent after this year’s Los Angeles wildfires, forcing displaced residents to scramble for housing in an already-tough market.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather August 12, 2025

firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it

Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?

The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture June 23, 2025

Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.

Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.

Matt Simon Food and Agriculture February 5, 2025

A plaque that reads United States Environmental Protection Agency on a building

Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America

Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse.

Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder Justice April 5, 2025

The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.

Joseph Winters Accountability May 12, 2025

The exterior of a factory that is painted white and reads Blue Oval

Ford is retreating from EVs — but embracing grid batteries

Amid its $20 billion EV failure, the storied automaker will retool a Kentucky plant to try and break into the booming energy storage sector.

Julian Spector, Canary Media Energy December 21, 2025

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