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The season is already near its peak, but climate change means a monster storm could strike anytime.
As summer heatwaves loom and farmworkers take to the fields, an in-depth report highlights massive gaps in regulations, especially around pesticide use and exposure.
The environmental health crisis ruminating in Houston’s Southwest Crossing neighborhood is the product of climate change and an unstable energy grid.
A new study pinpoints the economic cost of emissions, paving the way for international legal action.
"The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”
Rich countries are dodging responsibility for adaptation aid, infuriating leaders from vulnerable nations.
Arizona's unique method for awarding water to tribes was supposed to open up economic possibilities beyond farming for the Hopi Tribe. Instead, the tribe says it has dashed their dreams of building a thriving homeland.
$10 for 3.2 billion gallons of water? A loophole in Utah law could enable the country’s first commercial oil mining operation.
Volunteer cartographers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia are turning local knowledge into life-saving maps in the face of rising seas and stronger storms.