Environment

Brittany Powell moved from the Bay Area to Vermont in 2016, just as wildfire smoke was becoming a regular summertime occurrence in California. She watched in horror from afar as…

As low-income households face the dual burden of weather extremes and high energy costs, energy efficiency is an increasingly important strategy for both climate mitigation and lower utility bills. Passive…

The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events is prompting some philanthropists to reconsider their disaster responses. The question is whether to fund long-term recovery and resilience rather than…

When a hurricane like Helene or Milton ravages coastal communities, already-strained first responders face a novel, and growing, threat: the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, e-bikes, and countless gadgets.…

Between Sunday and Monday morning — a mere 24 hours — Hurricane Milton intensified from a tropical storm to a fierce Category 5 hurricane. With wind speeds pushing 180 miles per…

Housing advocates and developers across New Jersey are bracing for big changes next year as New Jersey affordable housing rules take effect. In 2025, New Jersey municipalities will be required…

The urban heat island effect, a phenomenon that causes city sidewalks to be approximately 9+ degrees Fahrenheit hotter than those in surrounding suburbs, is wreaking havoc on the unsheltered homeless community.…

Catastrophic. Deadly. Life-threatening. These are words used to describe the strongest hurricane to affect the United States this year. Making landfall near Perry, Florida, as a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Helene caused…

As it stands, NOAA, the nation’s main weather service, is one of the few resources communities can access when attempting to understand how a major storm or wildfire may impact…

Police and soldiers from Uganda’s U.S.-trained army cracked down on Ugandan oil pipeline protests on Monday. The demonstrators advocated against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, continuing the globally condemned…

On a wet spring day in June, fog shrouded the Mission Mountains on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwest Montana. Silver beads of rain clung to blades of grass and…

A42-year-old Black woman, Adrienne Boulware, has died in the custody of the California Department of Corrections at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. On July 4, prison guards exposed…