Why Hill Country Keeps Flooding
When storms roll in, water rushes downhill fast, gaining speed and force as it moves — often with deadly results.
Environment and Energy
Content about renewable energy and the environment, including: nature, climate change, and the activists who are fighting to save our planet.
Texas Flash Floods: Over 100 Deaths, Including the Girls From Camp Mystic
Local officials said they have rescued or evacuated more than 200 people since the Guadalupe River flooded early Friday morning, but the fate of more than 20 girls missing from a camp remains unclear.
What is the High Seas Treaty?
Here’s what you need to know about the first international agreement focused on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters.
South Africa’s Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment Minister, Dion George on G20 and U.S. Cooperation
South Africa’s forestry, fisheries and environment minister Dion George talks G20 tensions, US cooperation, ocean protection, and balancing development with conservation.
Oil Companies Want to Sell Their Wastewater. Texas Supreme Court Decided Who Gets Profits.
The ruling comes as more companies are seeking to turn a profit on what has long been considered a vexing waste stream.
How Plants Could Save Us From ‘Forever Chemicals’
Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through the environment — and what farmers and landowners can do about it.
From Brazil to Britain: Rainforest Restoration Guardians Unite in a Bid to Heal the Land
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have joined UK conservationists in Dartmoor, offering a message of hope for rainforest restoration.
In Georgia, Sheep on a Solar Farm is Not a Baaad Idea
We're losing vital agricultural land. But is solar the main culprit?
These Fishers Made Peace With Offshore Wind. Then Trump Came Along.
Called ‘traitors’ at the docks, over 100 East Coast fishers are working for wind developers. Many voted for a president who wants to tear it all down.
What’s at Risk for Arctic Wildlife if Trump Expands Oil Drilling in the Fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
The National Petroleum Reserve is vital for the health of the planet. However, its future is at risk.
It’s Not Just the Cities. Extreme Heat is a Growing Threat to Rural America.
The urban heat island sits in a rural heat ocean.
Geothermal Energy Keeps Utility Bills Low in Texas Neighborhood
The development outside Austin taps into natural heat deep underground to run heating and cooling systems for the planned 7,500 homes and other buildings.
Wildfires in Canada Displace First Nations at Alarming Pace
With over 40,000 people evacuated and infrastructure overwhelmed by wildfires in Canada, Indigenous leaders say climate change is hitting their homelands hardest.
The billion-dollar US green hydrogen boom ended before it ever began
Even before Trump and fellow Republicans began pulling the financial rug out from under the industry, green hydrogen megaprojects were collapsing. Here’s why.
Tulane scientist resigns, citing ‘gag order’ on environmental justice research
Emails show a racial disparities study angered elected Louisiana officials and potential donors to a $600 million university-led redevelopment project
Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped Port Heiden swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.
