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A man and three children stand in a garden in front of green fields.

At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per month

The garden in the middle of a 35,000-acre former mine is supplying thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in three counties that have few grocery stores.

Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Agriculture July 29, 2023

Closeup photo of a car getting pumped with gasoline

Gasoline use isn’t falling fast enough. Targeting ‘superusers’ could help.

America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.

Kate Yoder Transportation May 24, 2023

One man holds a tub of hempcrete and another man pushes it into place in a wooden building frame.

The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp

The Indigenous nation will soon have the only facility to create hempcrete in the country.

Judith Matloff Indigenous Affairs November 26, 2023

An image taken from the air of rolling green forests interrupted by swathes of brown, dying trees.

In the once-cool forests of the Pacific Northwest, heat poses a new threat

Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.

Sarah Trent, High Country News Extreme Weather March 12, 2023

a black and yellow electric school bus sits in an outdoor parking lot

US unveils $1 billion effort to electrify school buses

Electric buses are coming to nearly 400 school districts.

Brett Marsh Transportation October 31, 2022

an illustration of a woman in a red dress and a pregnant belly is in a space covered by a mosquito net with many mosquitoes hovering outside

Pregnant in a warming climate: A lethal ‘double risk’ for malaria

Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.

Zoya Teirstein Health May 30, 2024

How NYC officials failed to prepare for an air quality crisis

"It’s been a lackluster, underwhelming, frankly problematic response."

Lylla Younes Extreme Weather June 8, 2023

Satellite image of Fortistar power plant surrounded by trees

This New York crypto lawsuit aims to settle a key climate law loophole

The lawsuit could determine whether the state's Public Service Commission must consider emissions in its decision making.

Emily Pontecorvo Accountability January 17, 2023

Red tape is slowing the shift to renewables, but Biden’s permitting reform likely won’t help

Projects face a shortage of power lines and delays in connecting to the grid — two issues the debt ceiling deal does little to address.

Akielly Hu Energy June 8, 2023

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