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This summer, the newsroom added four new staffers to cover decarbonization, Indigenous affairs, and the Midwest.
The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn't mean it should be done."
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.
The grim milestone arrives as rampant flooding hits the Northeastern U.S., India, and Japan.
A shortage of potable water and the toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants the flood left behind has prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina.
As storms get warmer and wetter, the state's flood control system is struggling to keep up.
The Federal Reserve is putting the country's biggest banks to a test.
The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.
Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals.