A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks.
[ad_1] This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit, environmental media organization. If you live in the Midwest or the Southeast, you know the…
Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
[ad_1] The Colorado River Indian Tribes now have the ability to lease their water rights off-reservation, a move that could ease pressures on communities facing the effects of climate change…
A California oil town’s plan to survive the energy transition
[ad_1] This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with High Country News. It was supported by the Fund for Environmental Journalism of the Society of Environmental Journalists. Les…
How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry
[ad_1] The rising cost of homeowner’s insurance is now one of the most prominent symptoms of climate change in the United States. Major carriers like State Farm and Allstate have…
Have climate anxiety? The American Climate Corps could help.
[ad_1] In the depths of the Great Depression in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt warned Congress that millions of Americans were idly “walking the streets,” presenting a threat to the…
This enzyme is responsible for life on Earth. It’s a hot mess.
[ad_1] Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. Pretty much all life on Earth – plants, animals, humans…
Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest. Again.
[ad_1] This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Wildfires in western and central Canada spread rapidly this week, forcing thousands…
DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate change from Florida laws
[ad_1] South Florida suffered through brutal heat and humidity this week when the heat index (the “feels like” temperature) in Key West reached 115 degrees F — matching the record…
In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
[ad_1] This story was produced in partnership with Covering Climate Now. As the planet grapples with the ever-starker consequences of climate change, a debut book by Lumbee citizen and Duke…
Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part
[ad_1] Last July, heavy storms lashed Vermont with record rain, leaving roads torn asunder, communities submerged, and farms washed out. In response, state legislators made a historic move by introducing…
