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The Planetary Democrats, a European legal association, wants to create a global parliament that would represent the interests of the nonhuman world.

Natural gas power plants put in place just five years ago to replace coal in the state's Upper Peninsula are now a conundrum for regulators.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sought to court swing state voters in gas-rich Pennsylvania in their first head-to-head match.

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. There is quite a bit of research on the politics of disasters and how extreme weather shapes voter behavior. We’ve cited some of it in this newsletter. Today, you’ll hear about that research through a different lens: from a researcher whose career, […]

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the biggest polluter in the industry.

Surviving Hurricane Katrina gave Daniel Aldrich's research a new focus: understanding how disasters shape the politics of a place.

Most were Black or Indigenous.

$500 million from the EPA will support small lenders to invest in renewable energy.

Giving irregular-looking fruits and vegetables a personality could make them more appealing to consumers — and curb food waste.

A new U.N. report finds that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year, and dozens of disasters.

From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.

Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating.

A new study offers the first comprehensive look at the ties between fossil fuel companies and universities.

Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.

A constitutional court has ruled that South Korea can’t just set a carbon neutrality target — it has to have a roadmap to making it real.

A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy.

In an exclusive interview, Biden FEMA chief Deanne Criswell discusses her attempts to create a “very different” disaster agency.

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein, and today we’re going to be talking about a place one journalist dubbed, “the most unfortunate city in the United States.” It’s been just over four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status — the […]

Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move.

Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.