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An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.

Oil companies used to run this town. Now they’re back — to mine for lithium.

Fossil fuel companies are turning to rural communities for critical minerals, raising familiar hopes and fears.

Katie Myers Energy January 21, 2024

Homes in flood zones are overvalued by billions, study finds

Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge

Zoya Teirstein Housing February 16, 2023

Two workers survey land cleared for the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line, which will run from Quebec through Maine.

Maine court recharges plan for embattled transmission line

The new wires will help wean New England off fuel oil and natural gas.

Jake Bittle Energy May 2, 2023

An illustration of a truck peeping over an icy road at dawn

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing.

Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.

Hilary Beaumont Indigenous Affairs May 15, 2025

a truck carrying rocks against a blue sky

A once-shuttered California mine is trying to transform the rare-earth industry

A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons.

Maddie Stone Energy June 15, 2023

In the desert, a man in a baseball cap and jeans fills up water from a pump that says

How Arizona stands between tribes and their water

As it negotiates water rights with tribes, Arizona goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes’ opportunities for growth and economic development, according to a ProPublica and High Country News investigation.

Umar Farooq, ProPublica, Mark Olalde, ProPublica, & Anna V. Smith, High Country News Drought June 28, 2023

Dozens of people line up to register for COP27 in in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Why some experts say COPs are ‘distracting’ and need fixing

The yearly get-togethers are a critical centerpiece for international climate action. But critics say they have outlived their usefulness and are due for an overhaul.

Tik Root COP28 November 27, 2023