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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

An aerial view of a massive bluish white chuck of snowy ice.

How do you stop a glacier from melting? Put up an underwater curtain.

A 62-mile-long curtain moored to the Amundsen Sea bed in Antarctica could prevent catastrophic flooding elsewhere, scientists say.

Robin McKie Science February 11, 2024

With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture November 7, 2025

Sheep graze on grass under a series of solar panels.

Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?

Allowing livestock to graze under renewable developments gives farmers a separate income stream, but solar developers in Australia have been slow to catch on.

Aston Brown, the Guardian Energy June 15, 2024

A line of migrants sleeps in a sliver of shade provided by the border wall separating the US and Mexico.

Biden’s border restrictions are stranding climate migrants in extreme heat

Many people seeking asylum are fleeing climate disasters. Biden's latest border move puts them even more at risk.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Politics June 12, 2024

An aerial view of a neighborhood right next to a facility warehouse with lots of trucks

The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain

From El Paso, Texas, to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

Naveena Sadasivam & Lylla Younes Health April 16, 2025

A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.

A landmark investigation brings environmental justice to rural Alabama

Federal investigators found that Alabama neglected a Black community's sewage and sanitation needs — then punished them for the results.

Katie Myers Equity May 8, 2023

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After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?

Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.

Kate Yoder Extreme Weather May 15, 2025

Trump signs executive orders on inauguration day January 20 2025

Trump unravels US climate agenda as he promises to ‘drill, baby, drill’

From declaring a “national energy emergency” to exiting the Paris Agreement, here is everything climate-related Trump did on Day 1.

Joseph Winters & Naveena Sadasivam Politics January 20, 2025

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