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Floods, power outages, no running water: Jails during Hurricane Ida

Louisiana plans extensively for hurricanes -- but not for protecting its 50,000 residents behind bars.

Adam Mahoney Equity September 21, 2021

illustration of a large explosion on a beach with rocks and cliffs in the background

The Air Force wants to blow up toxic military waste on a beach in Guam

A Indigenous-led community group says: See you in court.

Julia Kane Equity March 9, 2022

Smokestacks and smoke against a cloudy sky

Carbon IOUs? A new plan to make companies pay back their climate debt

Researchers propose a new kind of carbon price that would reduce the burden of carbon clean-up on future generations.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy July 9, 2021

Ruins of a city covered by rising waters

Ancient cultures faced rising seas and lived to tell the tale

There’s some truth behind age-old flood myths (even Noah’s Ark and Atlantis).

Kate Yoder Culture October 13, 2021

An Earth cracked open like an egg with mosquitoes, an asthma inhaler, daffodils, a hospital bed, and a tick coming out of it

Doctors put a price tag on the annual health impacts of climate change. It’s $820 billion.

And that’s an underestimate.

Zoya Teirstein Health May 21, 2021

Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering

We might never do solar geoengineering. But government science advisers say studying it is better than flying blind.

Emily Pontecorvo Uncategorized March 26, 2021

Three water towers with US flags on them

“Long overdue”: The Senate just passed $35 billion for clean drinking water.

America's water systems are aging and underfunded. This bipartisan bill might change that.

Alexandria Herr Politics May 1, 2021

Awoman wearing a light yellow t-shirt and navy blue overalls holds a picture of her mother, an older woman. In the background you can see a kitchen with light beige walls and lime green tiles.

2020 was the deadliest year for environmental activists. Here’s why.

Pandemic lockdowns erased safety networks and left environmental defenders more vulnerable to attacks.

María Paula Rubiano A. Protest September 15, 2021

Collage: Bellingham, Washington with Mount Baker in the background and illustrated houses in a domino effect

What one city’s struggle to ban natural gas says about the challenge of electrifying buildings

Bellingham, Washington, seems like the perfect place to pass climate policies. But a recent fight proves even it’s not immune to battles over our clean-energy future.

Ysabelle Kempe Buildings September 22, 2021

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