"Even if you're born and raised here, and you're used to dealing with the heat, it's still very hot and very dangerous."
While overhauling Puerto Rico's grid will take years, these funds will offer immediate help to the residents most vulnerable during blackouts.
Washington state is enacting a sweeping set of policies to support community composting.
The federal government doesn't treat extreme heat the way it treats hurricanes and wildfires.
The bacteria behind one of history’s deadliest diseases is thriving again due to extreme weather.
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.
New changes to a bedrock environmental law may help cut red tape for clean energy projects.
A growing number of people who have no choice but to work in the heat are demanding greater protection.
How the trash jar went from zero-waste emblem to "elitist" cliche.
Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of snow that falls but never shows up in the river.
Bella Biondini, High Country News
The garden in the middle of a 35,000-acre former mine is supplying thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in three counties that have few grocery stores.
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They also could save consumers $50 billion by decreasing fuel consumption by 90 billion gallons.
A Q&A on the fashion industry's toxic chemicals problem — and how we can protect ourselves.
The heat has claimed lives from Arizona to Greece to China.
Mined land may have contributed to the disaster. It may also be the best place to rebuild.
A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases to jump by 1,200 percent since 2017.
"Our way of life has been totally destroyed.”
New research says reducing paved surfaces and increasing green space could cool cities down.
A roundup of efforts that offer protection from dangerous heat — and also seek to reduce emissions.
As the state begins looking beyond fossil fuels, mining companies are quietly preparing to take over its highways.