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Lead pipes are everywhere in Chicago. Here’s how to protect yourself.

How to test your water, get free filters, and find other help.

Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau Health August 28, 2025

Three members of the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia look out at a forest in front of them, their backs to the camera.

The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.

Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.

Maria Parazo Rose Global Indigenous Affairs Desk December 3, 2023

A screenshot of Plonts' launch ad, where a woman pushes a large yellow wheel of cheese with the word PLONTS written on it up a mountain, and comedian Kate Berlant's face appears in the background

Vegan cheese won’t save the world — but this brand hopes you’ll buy it anyway

Plonts, a new plant-based cheese, is taking an irreverent approach to swaying consumers.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture September 24, 2024

Collage of drought, water tower, and dollar bill

Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff

Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.

Tik Root Cities October 27, 2025

A photo shows a billowing smokestack in the background of a small waterfront town

Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion and 77,000 lives

A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.

Matt Simon Energy August 14, 2025

A little girl hugs a man who's sitting on a plastic chair in a sandy yard.

Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most toxic industries to Africa. People are getting sick.

Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.

Will Fitzgibbon, The Examination Accountability December 4, 2023

The world agreed to create a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part.

A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the U.N.’s new loss and damage fund.

Naveena Sadasivam International April 29, 2024

On a rural Hawaiian island, solar provides a path to energy sovereignty

A community-driven effort is driving Molokaʻi's transition to solar power and cultivating a local workforce to make it happen.

Naoki Nitta Energy August 9, 2024

Texas flag flies in front of flooded property

Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials as flood recovery plods on

Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.

Naveena Sadasivam Extreme Weather August 1, 2025

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