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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

New EPA watchdog report says refineries can’t police themselves

Many of these refineries are located in and around neighborhoods of color.

Lylla Younes Regulation September 18, 2023

People walk on the sidewalk holding picket signs that say 'Homegrown on strike!'

Heat waves are making restaurant kitchens unsafe. Workers are fighting back.

As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.

Frida Garza Labor June 10, 2024

A car races ahead of a wildfire, with orange, smoky skies in the background

‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s California wildfires

Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires.

Caroline Marshall Reinhart, Inside Climate News Wildfires September 14, 2024

A set of glass doors that say Climate Action Lab

Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees

University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.

Olivia Sanchez, Hechinger Report Solutions November 5, 2025

A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.

How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar

Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Energy April 4, 2024

Rows of corn and native grasses near wetlands

Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report

Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.

Izzy Ross Food and Agriculture December 4, 2024

Man prunes apple tree while standing on a ladder in a farm.

Slim margins, climate disasters, and Trump’s funding freeze: Life or death for many US farms

Federal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business.

Ayurella Horn-Muller & Naveena Sadasivam Food and Agriculture March 4, 2025

A man in a tee shirt and jeans raises a pickup truck on a piece of orange machinery in a factory

EV sales are growing. So why are automakers getting cold feet?

From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.

Tim Stevens, Canary Media Transportation September 8, 2024

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