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Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.

Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground

Princeville, North Carolina, is relocating with help from a new federal grant. But much of its history has already been lost.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather July 10, 2024

Permitting reform is back. Is the latest deal worth it?

Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso offer a devil’s bargain: new power lines for clean energy transmission at the cost of more fossil fuels.

Lylla Younes & Gautama Mehta Regulation August 2, 2024

Collage of fragmented photos, which include a mix of railyard scenes and lively community gatherings

Industry poisoned a vibrant Black neighborhood in Houston. Is a buyout the solution?

“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”

Siri Chilukuri Equity March 5, 2024

A collage of several photos of trees, with the center image of a tree highlighted with yellow rectangles on the crown, denoting rot or dying leaves

As the climate changes, cities scramble to find trees that will survive

“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.”

Laura Hautala Agriculture April 24, 2024

A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.

A landmark investigation brings environmental justice to rural Alabama

Federal investigators found that Alabama neglected a Black community's sewage and sanitation needs — then punished them for the results.

Katie Myers Equity May 8, 2023

Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get?

New research shows that climate change is already fueling heatflation, with worse to come.

Kate Yoder Economics March 27, 2024

A set of glass doors that say Climate Action Lab

Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees

University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.

Olivia Sanchez, Hechinger Report Solutions November 5, 2025

Man prunes apple tree while standing on a ladder in a farm.

Slim margins, climate disasters, and Trump’s funding freeze: Life or death for many US farms

Federal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business.

Ayurella Horn-Muller & Naveena Sadasivam Food and Agriculture March 4, 2025

A car races ahead of a wildfire, with orange, smoky skies in the background

‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s California wildfires

Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires.

Caroline Marshall Reinhart, Inside Climate News Wildfires September 14, 2024

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