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CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.

Illinois EPA must revamp its permitting process after Chicago activists file civil rights complaint

“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”

Siri Chilukuri & Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Cities February 25, 2024

compactor machine on top of pile of waste at landfill with large flock of seagulls flying above

An $18M grant would have drastically reduced food waste. Then the EPA cut it.

The Rhode Island project to create local jobs, launch compost hubs, and reduce emissions was years in the making.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture May 9, 2025

What exactly is a natural disaster?

Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed.

Lyndsey Gilpin Extreme Weather July 7, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looking at Donald Tr*mp during a cabinet meeting

How Trump’s Big Ag bailout is alienating his MAHA base

The administration’s pro-industry tilt — across three executive agencies — is feeding the MAHA movement’s growing discontent.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture December 15, 2025

An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth

A new satellite could help solve one of our climate’s biggest mysteries: Clouds

After 23 years and nearly $900 million, EarthCARE is poised to provide an unprecedented look at how clouds and aerosols shape, and respond to, climate change.

Syris Valentine Science June 7, 2024

Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival

A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change

The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.

Anita Hofschneider Culture June 7, 2024

The upper building of a dam sits amid red rocks and a low water level

A deadline looms for a new Colorado River plan. What happens if there isn’t one?

It would likely be complicated, messy and involve big lawsuits, according to experts and former officials.

Alex Hager, KUNC Drought July 5, 2025

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there — unless you’re a California homeowner

State Farm blamed "rapidly growing catastrophe exposure," along with inflation and reinsurance costs, for fleeing the Golden State ahead of wildfire season.

Naveena Sadasivam Housing June 1, 2023

collage of a small farmer, a food scientist, a woman picking up food from a food bank, and a woman grocery shopping with the US capitol building in front of them and bright red stripes in the background

How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next

Cash-strapped farmers, gaps in the public safety net, and food inspection backlogs could reshape who eats what in the years to come.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture November 17, 2025

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