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The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.

One of Corpus Christi’s emergency water wells discharges into the Nueces River on March 31. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT, and Emily Salazar of KEDT

Water pooling is seen on Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Grandfalls, Texas. Credit: Courtesy of Schuyler Wight

An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church

By Martha Pskowski

The JBS meat packing plant in Greeley, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Major Livestock and Animal Agriculture Companies Are Making Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping

By Georgina Gustin

The headquarters of American Efficient in Durham, N.C. Credit: Matt Ramey/The Assembly

Feds Fine Durham-Based Energy Efficiency Company $722 Million

By Lisa Sorg

Earlier this month, the EPA proposed for the first time to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

At Water Week 2026, Local Leaders See a Glimmer of Hope

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Children play in a park as the skyline of New York City is shrouded by a hazy sky on July 18, 2023. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Almost Half of America’s Kids Are Breathing Toxic Air

By Keerti Gopal

A utility worker with Florida Power & Light services a transformer in Punta Gorda, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2024. Credit: Thomas O'Neill/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Florida Electricity Shutoffs Rank Among Nation’s Highest

By Amy Green

A team of contractors work to install a Transco pipeline in Lebanon, Pa., on Oct. 6, 2017. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Transco Pipeline Project Faces Legal Challenge

By Lisa Sorg

A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigator tested wastewater from Tesla’s Robstown lithium refinery on Feb. 12. Credit: Travis Prater/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals

By Arcelia Martin

Community members participate in a blessing ceremony of the Atrisco Acequia Madre in Albuquerque, N.M. Credit: Tina Deines/Inside Climate News

New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat

By Tina Deines

A Weisinger drilling crew makes a pilot hole at the City of Corpus Christi’s eastern wellfield, one of several emergency water projects in the region, on March 31. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers

By Dylan Baddour

An aerial view of Elephant Butte Reservoir along the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, N.M., in August 2022. Credit: Mitch Tobin/The Water Desk

Facing Drought and Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year

By Martha Pskowski

Yuvelis Morales Blanco stands next to Colombia’s Magdalena River. Credit: Christian EscobarMora for the Goldman Environmental Prize

Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Colombia’s Magdalena River From Fracking

By Katie Surma

The Freepoint Eco-Systems chemical recycling plant near Hebron, Ohio, emits black smoke in July 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Shawn Jones

As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location

By James Bruggers

Jackie Chesnutt props up a sign next to a leaking oil well operated by CORE Petro on her property near Knickerbocker, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2025.

Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

A farmer loads herbicide into a sprayer to be applied to a corn field near Rochelle, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

People gather for the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Credit: Jack Rosen/Getty Images

The History of Earth Day—and Why It Still Matters

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Excavators work to remove debris in Waialua, Hawaii, after a flood hit Oahu on March 23. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit

By Marianne Lavelle

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