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People walk on the sidewalk holding picket signs that say 'Homegrown on strike!'

Heat waves are making restaurant kitchens unsafe. Workers are fighting back.

As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.

Frida Garza Labor June 10, 2024

Birds fly past a pile of wood used to make pellets at a Drax facility in Gloster, Mississippi.

In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires

Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching on fire. So why are there plans to build several near Yosemite's tinderbox forests?

Tom Brown Accountability June 10, 2025

Rows of corn and native grasses near wetlands

Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report

Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.

Izzy Ross Food and Agriculture December 4, 2024

New EPA watchdog report says refineries can’t police themselves

Many of these refineries are located in and around neighborhoods of color.

Lylla Younes Regulation September 18, 2023

The US military is spending big on critical minerals

Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.

Aimee Gabay Indigenous Affairs June 18, 2026

A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.

How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar

Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Energy April 4, 2024

Protestors hold signs and a cutout of New York Governor Kathy Hochul at a protest against the governor's efforts to weaken the state's landmark climate law.

New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.

Lawmakers wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.

Jake Bittle Politics June 3, 2026

A man in a tee shirt and jeans raises a pickup truck on a piece of orange machinery in a factory

EV sales are growing. So why are automakers getting cold feet?

From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.

Tim Stevens, Canary Media Transportation September 8, 2024

At dusk, a large white building stands illuminated.

This little-known agency has billions to make federal buildings green

With nearly $3.4 billion from the climate law, the U.S. General Services Administration is working to slash emissions from building operations and construction.

Alison F. Takemura, Canary Media Energy July 28, 2024

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