Environment & Climate
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Rollback of Power Plant Carbon Standards Amidst New Water Quality Inquiry
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a sweeping reversal of federal climate policy on September 14, 2026, signaling…
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The Quiet Crisis in the Pacific: Scientists and Conservationists Sound the Alarm Over Plummeting Gray Whale Populations
NEWPORT, Oregon — In a nondescript conference center overlooking the rugged Pacific coastline, several hundred scientists, government researchers, and environmental…
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Trump Administration EPA Prepares Total Repeal of Federal Power Sector Carbon Rules as AI Boom Resurrects Coal Power
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is poised to announce a sweeping deregulation of the nation’s power sector, eliminating all…
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The Hidden Health Costs of the AI Infrastructure Boom and the Erosion of Federal Environmental Oversight
The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence as the cornerstone of the American economy has triggered a massive industrial land grab,…
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Climate Change and the Insurance Divide: How Black and Hispanic Homeowners Pay More for Coverage as Disaster Risks Escalate
As the physical impacts of global climate change intensify across the United States, driving a nationwide affordability crisis in property…
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Blind Spots in the Air: How Industrial Lobbying and a Declining Federal Network Are Leaving Communities in the Dark
Across large swaths of the United States, residents living in the shadow of heavy industry have virtually no reliable way…
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The Legacy of Wendell Berry: A Life Rooted in the Earth and Resistance
Wendell Berry, the renowned agrarian philosopher, poet, and environmental activist who spent his life championing the sanctity of the natural…
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The Ocean Fever: How Marine Heat Waves Are Rewriting the Global Underwater Map
The common octopus, typically a resident of the temperate, predictable waters of the Mediterranean, has become an unlikely climate refugee,…
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The Summer of Sickness: How Climate Change and Federal Staffing Cuts Have Compromised American Food Safety
The promise of a seasonal harvest—fresh, vibrant, and safe—has been shattered this year as the United States grapples with a…
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The Hidden Cost of Houseplants: Workers and Activists Demand Extreme Heat Protections at Costa Farms Nurseries
On a sweltering Tuesday following Labor Day, a coalition of labor rights advocates marched past the security gates of a…
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