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Texas flag flying beneath legislative building

After the Texas floods, when is the right time to ask what went wrong?

The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.

Kate Yoder Extreme Weather August 18, 2025

A close up of machinery with metal pins holding dime-sized batteries.

This dime-sized battery is a step toward an EV with a 1,000-mile range

Two Chicago-area institutions teamed up to develop a solid-state battery that packs a huge energy punch—one that could eventually even power airplanes.

Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News Energy April 15, 2023

Beautiful landscape of the amazon rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, oil threatens decades of Indigenous-led conservation

Ecuador’s Socio Bosque project has been key to safeguarding the rainforest. Now, the country’s state-owned oil company is exploiting its many loopholes.

Aimee Gabay Global Indigenous Affairs Desk December 14, 2023

Collage including photo of home being rebuilt after wildfires and dollar bills

What happens when disaster recovery becomes a luxury good

As federal services deteriorate, a patchwork of private companies is taking their place — for better or for worse.

Rebecca Egan McCarthy Economics December 22, 2025

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We’re in debt to the Earth. How can we repay it?

"Earth Overshoot Day" reminds us that humans consume more resources than the planet can provide. Correcting that requires reimagining human behavior.

Syris Valentine Economics August 12, 2024

A firefighter monitors a controlled burn at Bouverie Preserve on May 30, 2017 in Glen Ellen, California.

Controlled burns can provide years of protection against wildfires, new study shows

New research finds that "beneficial" fires can cut the risk of high intensity blazes by 64 percent.

Tik Root Wildfires November 10, 2023

Activists demonstrate for climate adaptation financing on day eight at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

How do you define climate adaptation? Here are 10,000 ways.

At COP29, a decade-long effort to realize the ambitions of the Paris Agreement could give the world a way to measure the success of climate adaptation.

Jake Bittle International November 20, 2024