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An aerial image of cattle at the southern border

Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture May 27, 2025

At COP28, a raft of initiatives to reduce methane includes a long-awaited EPA rule

The EPA rule could trim 2 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Naveena Sadasivam COP28 December 2, 2023

A small boat floats in the foreground on a long river

The Brazilian government keeps giving out mining licenses in the Amazon – in spite of evidence of gold ‘laundering’

An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercury contamination from mining activity.

Fábio Bispo, InfoAmazonia Accountability May 14, 2026

Toby Rodgers, dressed in snowshoes and winter clothes, kneels in a snowy field, and looks at a long aluminum tube stuck into the snow. — 5 min

This simple metal tube helps scientists predict drought before it happens

We’re in a perilous moment for water. But the Church Sampler is one of the many devices scientists can use help us make better decisions.

Jesse Nichols Science April 14, 2026

Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence

Iran was already running out of water. Then came the ‘war on infrastructure.’

Drought, a legacy of overpumping, and now military strikes are driving the country’s fragile water and food systems to the brink.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture March 26, 2026

A large white and blue building sits on the banks of a river

At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse.

At many of these facilities, flooding from heavy storms has the potential to jeopardize patient care, block access to emergency rooms, and force evacuations.

Holly K. Hacker, Brett Kelman, & Daniel Chang, KFF Health News Accountability October 4, 2025

An underwater photo of rocky nodes on the sea floor

Humans know very little about the deep sea. That may not stop us from mining it.

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor.

Gautama Mehta Oceans August 15, 2024

Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.

The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.

Matt Simon Energy January 28, 2026

a woman in her 70s filters water at a kitchen sink

Chicago was supposed to warn residents about toxic lead pipes last year. Most still have no idea.

Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.

Keerti Gopal & Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Accountability July 14, 2025

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