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Flames from a flare stack at an oil refinery at dusk in Texas

There’s a hurricane-sized hole in Texas air quality data

A new report finds Texas regulators often miss pollution because its air monitors are disabled during hurricanes.

Naveena Sadasivam Extreme Weather February 1, 2022

A droopy stalk of wheat silhouetted in the sunset.

Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices

As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering.

Kate Yoder Agriculture July 15, 2022

Photo of mountaintop removal mine site with photo of flooded street in Kentucky layered on top

How coal mining increased East Kentucky’s flood risk

Coal mining destroyed Appalachia's mountaintops. Then came the floodwaters.

John McCracken Energy August 8, 2022

Papers with medical writing on them and photographs including employee ID badges

An invisible, toxic chemical has been poisoning residents in Puerto Rico for decades

An industrial worker got one whiff of ethylene oxide. Twenty years later, he still hasn’t recovered — and his community is searching for answers.

Lylla Younes, Naveena Sadasivam, & Joaquín A. Rosado Lebrón Accountability August 22, 2024

A group of young people sits in the shade of a tree on a bright and sunny street.

June heat waves smash records across the globe

It’s not your imagination: This summer is already hotter than normal.

Lina Tran Extreme Weather June 28, 2022

Smoke rises into a clear sky from the two smokestacks at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-powered power plant in Cumberland, Tennessee.

Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.

The Tennessee Valley Authority — the nation's largest public utility — wants to replace two coal power plants with natural gas, raising climate and environmental justice concerns.

Katie Myers Energy May 19, 2023

California communities are fighting the last battery recycling plant in the West — and its toxic legacy

Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.

Molly Peterson Accountability April 22, 2024

Amazon rainforest is nearing critical ‘tipping point’

New research indicates that the forest is losing its ability to recover from deforestation, fire, and drought.

Diana Kruzman Climate March 8, 2022

Maura Healey speaks to attendees of the Massachusetts Democratic Party's election-night event.

What the midterm elections mean for the climate — so far

As control of Congress leans right, hope for action shifts to the White House and states.

Jake Bittle Politics November 9, 2022

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