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Utah’s fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America’s biggest data center gets built

The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it?

Leia Larsen Business May 18, 2026

Scientists have a dire new warning about the state of the planet

Recent climatic developments "mark the beginning of a grim new chapter for life on Earth," but it's not too late for radical action.

Matt Simon Climate October 29, 2025

Collage featuring warehouse worker carrying cardboard box off-gassing ethylene oxide

How medical supply warehouses poison workers with ethylene oxide

Medical device warehouses can be a source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Georgia is the only state doing anything about it.

Naveena Sadasivam & Lylla Younes Accountability February 28, 2024

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger has promised to lower utility bills.

Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.

With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.

Jake Bittle Energy May 1, 2026

Silhouettes of power transmission lines are seen illuminated against a sunset

Why your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensive

And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.

Umair Irfan, Vox Energy July 27, 2025

digital collage with photos of people attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a chest x-ray, and trees, with red, yellow, and white rectangles

Indigenous health can’t be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN

At the Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand a coordinated approach to land rights.

Aimee Gabay Indigenous Affairs April 22, 2026

How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement

Since Utah passed a law last year, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills.

Leia Larsen Energy April 21, 2026

Why aren’t tribal nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’

Federal rules that undermine Indigenous economies make development too tedious.

Taylar Dawn Stagner Indigenous Affairs September 23, 2024

A poll worker collects mail in ballots from a drop box for the New Jersey primary election on June 4, 2024, in Hoboken, New Jersey

Has extreme weather made voters care more about climate change?

The answer depends on their political affiliation.

Syris Valentine Extreme Weather September 20, 2024

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