Environment & Health
As Another Hot Summer Approaches, 80 New York City Neighborhoods Ranked Highly Vulnerable to Heat
By Alastair Lee Bitsóí
Louisville, Kentucky, Moves Toward Cleaning Up Its ‘Gully of the Drums’ After More Than Four Decades
By James Bruggers
The International System That Pits Foreign Investors Against Indigenous Communities
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
A Proposed Nevada Lithium Mine Could Destroy Critical Habitat for an Endangered Wildflower Found Nowhere Else in the World
By Wyatt Myskow
California Oil Town Chose a Firm with Oil Industry Ties to Review Impacts of an Unprecedented 20-Year Drilling Permit Extension
By Liza Gross
Texas Droughts Are Getting Much More Expensive
By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune
Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability
By James Bruggers
Ohio and Pennsylvania Residents Affected by the East Palestine Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met
By Kiley Bense
In Push to Meet Maryland’s Ambitious Climate Commitments, Moore Announces New Executive Actions
By Aman Azhar
For Pregnant People, Heat Waves Bring An Increased Risk of Preterm and Early Term Babies, Study Finds
By Victoria St. Martin
California Regulators Approve Community Solar Decision Opposed by Solar Advocates
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
In New York, Attorney General Letitia James’ Narrow View of the State’s Green Amendment
By Peter Mantius
Armed Groups Use Deforestation as a Bargaining Chip in Colombia
Story and photos by Alex Price
A German Climate Activist Won’t End His Hunger Strike, Even With the Risk of Death Looming
By Keerti Gopal
Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health
By Zoya Teirstein and Mahadi Al Hasnat, Grist
New Law to Provide Florida Homebuyers With More Transparency on Flood History
By Amy Green