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The federal disaster relief agency has taken heat for steering past resilience funds to whiter, wealthier areas.

A new report finds that Indigenous peoples made up more than a third of those deaths.

Data reveals the division of tree cover along racial and income lines in cities — and can also help them fix it.

As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them.

People laboring in brutal temperatures want OSHA to investigate conditions that leave them vulnerable to heat illness and exhaustion.

Contamination from battery recyclers, tainted cookware, and fertilizers could be contributing to the health crisis.

Agricultural emissions would fall by almost a third. But getting there wouldn't be easy.

A successfully re-routed Southwestern transmission line shows its possible to overcome green energy obstacles.

With scorching temperatures, are we losing our ability to have fun in the sun?

The Black Sea is almost devoid of oxygen. That could make it a great place to stash carbon.

The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems.

And there are still four months to go.

Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic.

A new study shows disaster restoration workers, mostly refugees and immigrants, are poorly protected as top firms "pad their pockets by cutting costs."

As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.

"Carbon emissions? Still climbing. Rich countries' finance commitments? Delinquent."

Even more areas will face such conditions as the planet continues to warm from fossil fuel combustion.   

Our annual list spotlights the people pushing fresh solutions to our planet’s biggest problems.

We like to denigrate manufactured housing, but new units are better for the environment.

Researchers warn that the lake may disappear in five years if water loss continues at current rates.