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A climate scientist criticized his own study. Is he a hero or a villain?

Patrick Brown is trying to tell a complicated story about climate change. Many don't want to hear it.

Kate Yoder Science October 1, 2024

A car and market shop in floodwaters in Pajaro, California.

How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers

As storms get warmer and wetter, the state's flood control system is struggling to keep up.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather March 15, 2023

The feds move to speed up development of wind and solar on public land

A rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management would cut leasing fees for those projects by 80 percent.

Akielly Hu Climate & Energy June 21, 2023

A worker sifts through cans in a blue tub

This Portland collective keeps the city clean — and helps unhoused people find stability

“There’s this stigma that if you’re homeless, then you’re useless. But collecting bottles and cans — it is work."

Joseph Winters Equity May 28, 2025

An aerial shot of an industrial facility belching steam.

America’s first ‘enhanced’ geothermal plant just got up and running

Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction.

Maria Gallucci Energy December 3, 2023

Photo of dry, wilted sunflowers with dark clouds in the background

It’s near certain that the next 5 years will be the hottest yet

El Niño may push global temperatures past 1.5C, the World Meteorological Organization warned.

Kate Yoder Science May 17, 2023

This is an aerial shot of a flooded city neighborhood. The street is lined with white high-rise apartment buildings and the road is submerged in brown floodwater.

In Brazil, unprecedented flooding may force a political reckoning

“This is going to shake the mindsets of voters."

Zoya Teirstein Extreme Weather May 10, 2024

Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.

These Supreme Court decisions just made it harder to solve climate change

Four key rulings limiting federal power will curtail the ability of the EPA and other agencies to write and enforce climate policies.

Akielly Hu Politics July 2, 2024

A man in a blue shirt and red hat stands in a field with grasses and some small trees. He is pointing toward the tree line beyond the clearing.

Who’s behind the destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado?

Some of the world's largest pension funds bet big on Brazilian farmland. Communities, and the climate, are paying the price.

Sarah Sax & Maurício Angelo Agriculture February 27, 2024

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