Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?
Gristby Jake Bittle·31 Aug 2026
New York City has more than 500 miles of coastline. The city’s coastal zone is home to around 1 million people as well as billions of dollars of residential and commercial property, and no two...
West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change
Gristby Richard Luscombe, The Guardian·30 Aug 2026
The only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S. Army’s military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of the climate emergency, a lawsuit...
How rising temperatures likely contributed to Nepal’s deadly flood
Gristby Molly Taft, WIRED·29 Aug 2026
Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more — including dozens of international tourists — are missing after flash floods hit a region on the mountainous border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday.
Nevada preached peace on the Colorado River. Now it's suing to protect its water.
Gristby Austin Corona·28 Aug 2026
Nevada officials have long presented themselves as a voice for compromise and conservation in debates over the Colorado River.
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
Gristby Emily Jones·28 Aug 2026
Across the country, the electricity needs of data centers have been a major driver of the widespread resistance to the speedy developments.
How to deal with burnout on a burning planet
Gristby Leslie Davenport·28 Aug 2026
In this month’s Ask a Climate Therapist column, we’re tackling two questions at once — each examining similar themes of burnout and paralysis from two very different vantage points.
In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
Gristby Sachi Kitajima Mulkey·28 Aug 2026
Somersett, a short drive from downtown Reno, Nevada, is a peaceful place where homes with sweeping, high-desert views line cul-de-sacs, and roads meander through shrubland, trailheads, and golf...
In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
Gristby Sachi Kitajima Mulkey·28 Aug 2026
Somersett, a short drive from downtown Reno, Nevada, is a peaceful place where homes with sweeping, high-desert views line cul-de-sacs and roads meander through shrubland, trailheads, and golf...
New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
Gristby Frida Garza·28 Aug 2026
A new report finds that, across the globe, progress toward developing more sustainable, resilient food systems is not advancing fast enough to meet internationally agreed upon deadlines.
'Starwashing': The new space race has an environmental problem
Gristby Kate Yoder·27 Aug 2026
As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer space holds the solutions to our problems on Earth.
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Gristby Tristan Baurick·27 Aug 2026
Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multibillion-dollar expansion under the Trump administration’s new “emergency” permitting process...
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Gristby Tristan Baurick·27 Aug 2026
Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multi-billion-dollar expansion under the Trump administration’s new “emergency” permitting process...
The fossil fuel industry is spending record amounts to keep California from regulating it
Gristby Joseph Winters·27 Aug 2026
The fossil fuel industry isn’t just raking in record profits amid the war with Iran. In California, it’s also spending big to oppose climate and worker-safety legislation.
The great American road trip is in peril
Gristby Katherine Bagley·26 Aug 2026
My husband, friends, and I sat huddled at a faux-marble-topped table in the lobby of our Utah hotel, looking down at a Google Maps route pulled up on my iPhone.
US companies are on the cusp of big climate solutions. Thank the government.
Gristby Jake Bittle·25 Aug 2026
The United States has never been one of the most ambitious countries when it comes to tackling climate change, but it has long maintained a program that funds innovative clean energy technology.
Offshore wind power projects are flailing, just when the East Coast needs them most
Gristby Austin Corona·25 Aug 2026
With congested, aging power lines and a densely developed landscape, the East Coast has few options for building large-scale renewable power.
Offshore wind power projects are flailing, just when the East Coast needs them most
Gristby Austin Corona·25 Aug 2026
With congested, aging power lines and a densely developed landscape, the East Coast has few options for building large-scale renewable power.
Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
Gristby Katie Myers·24 Aug 2026
Luther “Sunny” Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufacturer located quite literally in his backyard.
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Gristby Joseph Lee·24 Aug 2026
Cattle are a central part of the identity of Andrew Msami’s Maasai community in northeast Tanzania.
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Gristby Joseph Lee·24 Aug 2026
Cattle are a central part of the identity of Andrew Msami’s Maasai community in northeast Tanzania.
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