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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

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

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

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

$3.6 million for Indigenous land stewardship

Under a new program officially launched last week, four Northern California tribes and one in Southern California will receive state funding to protect and restore some 220 miles of California coastline.

Joseph Winters October 12, 2022

An aerial picture shows flooding from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida.

Hurricane Ian was a powerful storm. Real estate developers made it a catastrophe.

'Dredge-and-fill' created thousands of homes vulnerable to storm surge.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather September 30, 2022

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

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

photo of a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in November 2016

The long legal saga of DAPL arsonist Ruby Montoya is coming to an end

More than five years after admitting to her crimes, Montoya was sentenced to six years in federal prison.

Julia Shipley Protest September 21, 2022

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