Federal agencies have been padding their environmental stats with a strategy that’s too cheap, too carbon-heavy and too easy to make a difference.
Climate Change
How climate change affects the U.S. and the world, from drought and mass migration to food security and global conflicts
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It’s Not Easy Going Green
There’s a way to “fight” climate change that’s cheap, popular and completely ineffective.
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The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country
Across the country, states are moving to renewable energy – but Montana is doubling down on fossil fuels.
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Climate Makers and Takers
As sea levels rise, two communities in Nigeria are adapting in radically different ways.
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Can Our Climate Survive Bitcoin?
Bitcoin uses enormous amounts of power, and it’s heating up the planet.
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Fighting Fire with Fire
As climate change continues making wildfires worse, how do we learn to live with fire?
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America’s ring of fire
Wildfires are getting bigger, more expensive and closer to people’s homes. We examine how wildfires got so dangerous – and how some are fighting back.
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See how climate change could bring disaster to some popular coastal national parks
Researchers contracted by the National Park Service have projected what happen to some iconic national parks if greenhouse gases keep growing.
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Burning hotter and faster
We look at the recent Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in California’s history, and revisit an investigation from earlier this year.
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Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides?
One Missouri town’s levee saga captures what’s wrong with America’s approach to controlling rivers.