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Illustrated portrait of a white man in his 70s (Peter Martin) with an orange map of Maui and black palm trees in the background

The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict

Peter Martin spent decades guzzling water around Lāhainā. Then came the fire.

Anita Hofschneider & Jake Bittle Indigenous Affairs November 26, 2023

Aerial view of a channel of water attached to the Mississippi River with smaller areas of water scattered over the land

As the Louisiana coast disappears, the Mississippi River’s newest channel is building much-needed land

It's up to the Army Corps to keep it flowing.

Lina Tran Science June 17, 2022

Smoke plumes from burning piles of clothing in sand dunes

A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.

Julia Shipley & Muriel Alarcón International January 3, 2024

Fighting fire with fi…fty billion dollars

A new program from the Biden administration will spend $50 billion over the next 10 years to prevent the West’s next major conflagration.

Joseph Winters January 20, 2022

Airborne DNA is being used to detect insect species, a breakthrough for ecologists

The technique has ‘huge potential’ for monitoring decline in biodiversity, say scientists.

Patrick Barkham Science January 5, 2022

Collage of bed floating in air with an earth that is on fire underneath it

Study: Warming temperatures are eroding our ability to sleep

Climate change is keeping us up at night in more ways than one.

Zoya Teirstein Climate May 20, 2022

Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.

Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning

A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.

Stacey Burling, Inside Climate News Energy April 30, 2023

A person stands in front of a panel showing the Earth on fire

Is accepting the end of humanity the key to climate action? This scholar thinks so.

“This is not another ‘before it’s too late’ book. This is a ‘what if it’s already too late?’ book.”

Diana Kruzman Culture July 29, 2022

A man stands on a hill under a cloudy sky as water pours from a pipe.

Texas’ water infrastructure is broken, jeopardizing quality and supply for a growing state

On a daily basis, water managers in cities across the state move from crisis to crisis hoping to keep the water flowing to residents.

Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune & Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune Drought May 13, 2023

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