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Climate change primed LA to burn — catastrophically

A new analysis finds that human-caused warming helped dry out the vegetation that turned Los Angeles into a firestorm.

Matt Simon Wildfires January 28, 2025

close-up of a student holding a carton of milk

Whole, skim, or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches.

Offering kids nondairy milk could be a climate solution. No one's talking about it that way.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture April 18, 2025

Farmers plant rice seedlings by hand in the terraced paddy fields

The ‘king of poisons’ is building up in rice

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture April 17, 2025

A collage of a woman in purple nitrile gloves holding a long plant stalk. In the background there is a circle with stars and space

Can the harsh conditions of space breed more resistant crops for Earth?

To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity.

Diana Kruzman Food and Agriculture May 14, 2024

Black smoke billows across the sky as a chemical storage site burns in a fire.

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions

Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?

Tristan Baurick Energy June 16, 2025

Front of the National Gallery of Art with sign that it is closed due to federal shutdown.

How government shutdowns give polluters a free pass

Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies.

Naveena Sadasivam Politics November 10, 2025

Satellite image of the Great Lakes, covered in snow and ice

What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future

Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on how ice coverage has shifted since 1897. Researchers are already using it to study a declining fish species.

Vivian La Science February 8, 2026

Exxon Mobil sign in foreground with smokestacks of a petrochemical factory in background

California and environmental groups sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back.

In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.”

Joseph Winters Accountability January 7, 2025

Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go? Search our map by ZIP code.

From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.

Clayton Aldern Accountability February 12, 2025

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