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From public health to public lands, here are 15 ways the next president could affect the climate and your life.

Does changing the shape of the recycling symbol make it any less misleading?

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 president is consuming almost all the media’s […]

The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. For politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought.

The interconnected climate and housing crises are putting some Montpelier residents one disaster away from homelessness.

Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost.

The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn't mean it should be done."

Tribal nations long ago learned to stitch together a patchwork of support to help each other cope with disasters like Hurricane Helene.

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.

Wetlands absorb carbon from the atmosphere. The Coeur d’Alene’s restoration would do more than just that.

Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee.

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.

Across the globe, Prime packages will now be cushioned by paper.

"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands."

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.

“We have to be smarter about what we grow, and we can be smarter about how we grow what we're growing.”

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.

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 of Mexico. Hurricanes were never […]

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.

If the Republican candidate carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America's farms?