Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m Jake Bittle, and today we’re going to shift the focus away from the storm-battered Southeast and take a look at one of the nation’s hottest battleground states. Election Day is just two weeks away, and the high-octane race for pr … | Continue reading
The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. For politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought. | Continue reading
The interconnected climate and housing crises are putting some Montpelier residents one disaster away from homelessness. | Continue reading
Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost. | Continue reading
The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn't mean it should be done" | Continue reading
The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn't mean it should be done." | Continue reading
Tribal nations long ago learned to stitch together a patchwork of support to help each other cope with disasters like Hurricane Helene. | Continue reading
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores. | Continue reading
Wetlands absorb carbon from the atmosphere. The Coeur d’Alene’s restoration would do more than just that. | Continue reading
Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee. | Continue reading
A shortage of potable water and the toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants the flood left behind has prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina. | Continue reading
Across the globe, Prime packages will now be cushioned by paper. | Continue reading
"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands." | Continue reading
Solar panels typically last 25 years, while shingles are good for 20. Waiting until you need to re-roof is usually the best course when going solar. | Continue reading
“We have to be smarter about what we grow, and we can be smarter about how we grow what we're growing.” | Continue reading
At a reforestation site in Washington, forest managers are experimenting with "assisted migration" — planting trees from warmer, drier regions — to boost the forest's resilience. | Continue reading
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m Jake Bittle, and today we’re talking about the political impact of Hurricane Milton, the second major storm to strike the United States in the last few weeks. I grew up in Tampa, Florida, less than 20 miles inland from the Gulf o … | Continue reading
No other part of the country has seen such a sharp rise in the number of big fires. The bigger challenge, though, is getting people to embrace the prescribed burns that can prevent them. | Continue reading
If the Republican candidate carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America's farms? | Continue reading
Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs. | Continue reading
Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars. | Continue reading
A judge will decide the fate of Ha’Kamwe’ as the Hualapai Nation fights the drilling in court. | Continue reading
More than 200 science, technology, engineering, and math professionals are candidates at the state and municipal level this year. | Continue reading
“They burn hot, they burn fast, and they're hard to extinguish." | Continue reading
The Golden State finally fixed its ban last month, but at least five other states still allow the distribution of extra-thick "reusable" plastic bags. | Continue reading
At least six people died in the storm, and some 80,000 ended up in shelters. | Continue reading
In St. James Parish, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines. | Continue reading
Congress gave the agency enough money to last the year. But back-to-back hurricanes are stretching resources thin. | Continue reading
In the series “Moral Hazards,” Grist explores some of the ethical conundrums of living in the era of climate change. | Continue reading
Azolla is a nutritious aquatic fern that grows like crazy. New research finds that the cyanobacteria within the plant are nontoxic, potentially clearing the way for Azolla to become a novel food. | Continue reading
Hundreds of thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as the state faces its second major hurricane in two weeks. | Continue reading
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. We’ve heard it time and again: Despite what the science says, climate change does not rank high among Americans’ priorities in the ballot box. When we launched this series in August, however, we made the ca … | Continue reading
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in the region need to rethink their approach to electricity in the face of climate change. | Continue reading
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline. | Continue reading
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline. | Continue reading
Milton's wind speeds skyrocketed by 90 mph in 24 hours. It’s one of the fastest intensification events scientists have ever witnessed in the Atlantic. | Continue reading
Milton's wind speeds skyrocketed by 90 mph in 24 hours. It’s one of the fastest intensification events scientists have ever witnessed in the Atlantic. | Continue reading
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live. | Continue reading
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live. | Continue reading
Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget." | Continue reading
As cities and towns contract with large waste haulers to comply with a California composting law, some community composters say they're being pushed to the margins. | Continue reading
Critical minerals buried beneath tribal lands are crucial to the clean-energy transition. | Continue reading
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl. | Continue reading
The U.K.’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ended as turbines at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stopped for good. | Continue reading
Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics. | Continue reading
Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics. | Continue reading
Almost none of the storm's devastation will be paid out by insurance. | Continue reading
Climate Defiance activists direct their fury at the rich and powerful. They’ve also started working with them. | Continue reading