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How reducing the US military budget would also reduce emissions

New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon out of the atmosphere.

Matt Simon Climate July 16, 2025

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

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

Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: ‘cool roofs’

White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption.

Matt Simon Cities July 7, 2025

Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.

Who’s afraid of a 300-mile transmission line that could help decarbonize the Southeast?

Louisiana lawmakers and local utilities.

Gautama Mehta Energy April 17, 2024

A couple looks at the charred remains of their home burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building.

Illegal price-gouging is rampant after disasters. Can it be stopped?

Rents jumped 20 percent after this year’s Los Angeles wildfires, forcing displaced residents to scramble for housing in an already-tough market.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather August 12, 2025

firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it

Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?

The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture June 23, 2025

Electric workers in a boom lift work on a transmission line with a snow-capped mountain in the background.

America’s grid isn’t ready for a renewable future. A new federal rule could change that.

The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda.

Syris Valentine Energy May 14, 2024

Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.

Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.

Matt Simon Food and Agriculture February 5, 2025

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