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First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.

As extreme weather becomes more frequent, so too have post-disaster contractor scams like excessive billing and shoddy repairs.

Naveena Sadasivam Extreme Weather September 10, 2025

A photovoltaic power plant in Ruicheng County of Yuncheng

Global climate policy is gaining steam

The period between October and January saw the “strongest quarterly results” in the number and strength of climate-related policy and technology developments around the world since November 2021.

Joseph Winters January 27, 2023

Cup of coffee with ceramic pourover surrounded by chickpeas, date and date seeds, and chicory root

The best coffee for the planet might not be coffee at all

Climate change is coming for your morning joe. Startups are betting that substitutes made out of date seeds and chickpeas are the answer.

L.V. Anderson Food April 10, 2024

A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.

How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods

Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways.

Adam Mahoney, Capital B Cities March 23, 2024

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How a defunct Trump policy still threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

The short-lived rule is helping the mining industry from beyond the grave.

Jessie Blaeser Regulation January 31, 2023

Six black, smudged solar panels are placed on the roof of a house with a blue house in the background.

As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar

Land for large solar arrays is limited on the island. Rooftop panels can provide electricity during blackouts and bring the island closer to its clean energy goals.

Esther Frances, Inside Climate News Energy May 18, 2024

1 year after the toxic train derailment, is East Palestine safe? Depends on whom you ask.

"We are truly the canaries in the coal mine."

Eve Andrews Accountability January 17, 2024

The link between climate change and a spate of rare disease outbreaks in 2023

The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught U.S. communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.

Zoya Teirstein Health December 21, 2023

An industrial site with a circular waste pond and mountains in the background.

The country’s biggest magnesium producer went bankrupt. Who’s going to clean up the $100M mess?

US Magnesium, on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, left a legacy of environmental problems.

Leia Larsen Accountability December 15, 2025

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