Agriculture
In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops
By Tina Deines
Pollution, Not Drought, Prompts Lawn-Watering Ban in Des Moines
By Anika Jane Beamer
US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms
By Liza Gross
Chesapeake Bay Health Slips in 2025 Report Card as Persistent Challenges Threaten Long-Term Gains
By Aman Azhar
Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims
By Georgina Gustin
Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat
By Liza Gross
USDA Staffing and Funding Cuts Would Threaten Virginia’s Ability to Reach Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals
By Charles Paullin
Soybean Lab Scheduled to Close After USAID Cuts Gets a Year-Long Reprieve
By Susan Cosier
Seaweed Could Reduce Methane Emissions from Grazing Cattle, New Study Shows
By Miranda Lipton
Trump’s Latest USDA Cuts Undermine His Plan to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist
N.C. Farm Bureau Asks State Supreme Court to Strike Environmental Protections From Hog Farm Permits
By Lisa Sorg
Judge Asks Trump Administration for More Evidence That Funding Freeze Is Constitutional
By Amy Green
Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic
By Georgina Gustin
A Byproduct of Manure Runoff Is Polluting Drinking Water in Thousands of US Communities, According to a New Report
By Georgina Gustin
The Trump Administration Issues Its Next Assault on the Nation’s Public Forests
By Georgina Gustin
American Farmers and the USDA Had Finally Embraced Their Role in the Climate Crisis. Then Came the Federal Funding Freeze
By Georgina Gustin