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The Denka Performance Elastomer Plant at sunset in Reserve, La.

DOJ sues ‘Cancer Alley’ polluter

The Justice Department is suing a major petrochemical company, arguing that its chemical plant in Reserve, Louisiana, poses an unacceptable risk to the health and welfare of the area’s majority-Black population.

Joseph Winters March 2, 2023

Why Mississippi coal is powering Georgia’s data centers

With electricity demand spiking, the Southern Company has opted to keep burning fossil fuels.

Emily Jones & Gautama Mehta Georgia PSC August 27, 2024

As heat-related deaths rise, a new program puts community clinics on the front lines

An initiative in Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona enlists clinicians to ensure resources go to the right places during heat waves.

Zoya Teirstein Health October 10, 2023

Four Indigenous people wearing red clothes stand in a forest

The world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous land. Here’s why.

A new report finds Indigenous land rights are key to preserving biodiversity.

Joseph Lee Global Indigenous Affairs Desk October 28, 2022

Several red oil derricks sit in a barren field.

How America’s ‘most powerful lobby’ is stifling efforts to reform oil well cleanup in state after state

In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.

Mark Olalde, ProPublica Energy July 4, 2024

An illustration of a truck peeping over an icy road at dawn

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing.

Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.

Hilary Beaumont Indigenous Affairs May 15, 2025

A man with a shovel tries to clean up water that has flooded a grocery store.

The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections

A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.

Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder & Elizabeth Miller, Climate Central Extreme Weather August 18, 2024

A man swings his bat at home plate in a baseball game.

How climate change is making it easier to hit home runs

A new study found that climate change is knocking it out of the park — no, really.

Siri Chilukuri Culture April 10, 2023

A man in jeans and a collared shirt stands among houses under construction

How the Marshall Fire sparked a political transformation in Colorado

After the fire destroyed his town in 2021, a state rep took on insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and landlords — and beat them all.

Jake Bittle Politics August 13, 2024

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