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Fallout From the Flames
Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. Powerful wildfires upended life for residents in Maui, Hawaiʻi, in 2023. In early 2025, the Eaton and Palisades fires caused similar devastation in greater Los Angeles. Years have passed since the fires were contained but…
Chesapeake Bay’s Osprey Population Is Falling. Is Its Food Supply a Factor?
For 20 years, Roberta Kellam, a retired lawyer and longtime birder, has watched ospreys return to their nests and raise chicks from her home on Nassawadox Creek, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. She’s been monitoring around two dozen nests near her house. Kellam has also surveyed osprey populations…
Britain’s Data Center Boom Meets Growing Resistance
Ambily Banerjee moved to Langley, in the borough of Slough, 18 miles west of London, for its good schools and green spaces. Now, Microsoft is planning to move in nearby. Its proposed 140-megawatt data center, the company promises, will be a good neighbor. It is the latest operator drawn to Slough…
The Unrelenting Ordeal of Wildfire Recovery
Second of two stories about the effort to support Lahaina fire survivors’ health in the long, hard aftermath. Read the first story, about the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, here. LAHAINA, Hawaiʻi—As Mikey Burke walked into her acupuncture appointment on a Wednesday morning in May, she felt the…
The Scientists Fighting to Help Wildfire Survivors Heal
First of two stories about the effort to support Lahaina fire survivors’ health in the disaster’s long, hard aftermath. LAHAINA, Hawaiʻi—Early on a Saturday morning in May, Ruben Juarez took the 45-minute flight from Oʻahu to Maui, just like he’d done dozens of times over the past three years. This…
Climate Change Is Bringing Dengue Fever to the High Himalayas
The warming of Nepal’s mountains is dramatically transforming some of the grandest landscapes on Earth, leading melting glaciers to collapse, thawing permafrost that can slide from steep peaks and crumbling ice dams to release vast lakes. But other impacts are barely the length of a fingernail. As…
Democrats Vow to Reset “Values and Agenda” for House Natural Resources Committee
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman. Congressional committees originate legislation and oversight investigations, and under the seniority system—as Democrats…
Global Science Panel Hits Roadblocks Ahead of COP31 Climate Summit
As global climate negotiators and government officials convene for the annual United Nations climate summit, the scientific organization they rely on to guide their decisions is mired in gridlock and short on funds. Since 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has produced influential…
A US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company
Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma entered the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy in March with a clear priority: pass permitting reform that he argued was necessary based on his experience leading a major natural gas pipeline company. Now, as he prepares to leave office, that goal is within reach—with big…
Global Campaign Seeks to Curb Emissions of World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas
The German government has launched an international initiative to curb emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, an exceptionally potent greenhouse gas that it says has long been overlooked in efforts to address climate change. Announced this week at a United Nations Environment Program meeting in Kigali…
Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Are Pouring Into the Chicago River After Storms
This article originally appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times. It has been republished with permission. Joe Gamble knows what to expect when he arrives at work at the Bridgeport Art Center after days of heavy rain. “There was raw sewage floating in the creek,” Gamble says after storms in early October…
Election Shakeup Threatens Bipartisan Deal to Speed Energy Projects
Democrats’ electoral sweep has shaken the ground beneath a permitting reform bill in Congress, raising doubts about whether the measure has enough support to advance in an initial Senate vote scheduled for Monday. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday in a statement to…
As Data Centers Move In, Iowa Residents Fight Plans For a New Gas Plant
FAIRFAX, Iowa—Nearly 50 people gathered at the American Legion Post on a July evening to learn about a proposed natural gas plant less than three miles from town. Seated in folding chairs, they pulled out their phones and typed responses to a simple question: How are you feeling? The words “angry,”…
After Democrats’ National Sweep, Republicans Maintain a Weaker Grip on Florida
Republicans in Florida narrowly held off a nationwide repudiation Tuesday of their party and President Donald Trump, eking out slim victories in statewide races. But the GOP failed to flip congressional seats Democrats held and lost seats in the Legislature. Voters elected Republican Byron Donalds…
Energy and Water Issues Propel Democrats to Victory in Arizona
PHOENIX—Two years after President Donald Trump won Arizona with 52 percent of the vote, Democrats are poised to win a trifecta in the state House, Senate and governor’s office, and could potentially win every statewide elected position. The battleground state’s blue wave could fundamentally alter…
Democrats’ Big Statehouse Wins Could Transform Climate and Energy Policy
Before Tuesday’s election, Republicans held more governorships and state legislative seats than Democrats, along with an advantage in state trifectas—unified control of the governor’s office and both chambers of the legislature. That advantage has disappeared, clearing the path for more climate and…
Hunting for a Cooking Oil Replacement in Pennsylvania’s Forests
If you’ve ever looked for a homegrown replacement for the imported olive, canola and palm oils that typically fill grocery store aisles and home kitchens, there’s a small but growing alternative. A network of sustainability enthusiasts is now making oil from a resource native to Pennsylvania, one…
Voters Reject Industry-Backed Ballot Measures With Big Environmental Stakes
As a blue wave washed over Election Day, ballot measures across the country showed voters strongly support environmental protection, with notable early outcomes in California and Colorado. Democrats swept Congress on Tuesday, winning control of both houses with notable victories in Ohio, South…
Alabama Power Routinely Bills Ratepayers for Ads Promoting Its Goods and Services. State Regulators Want That Stopped.
On a busy election day, the Alabama Public Service Commission requested that Alabama Power voluntarily stop billing customers, effective immediately, for television commercials and other ads it buys to promote various aspects of its business. Alabama Power is the largest electricity provider in…
Conley’s Victory in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley Opens Door to Renewed Climate Action
NY-17: Last in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. Before midnight, and before any official body had called the race, Republican incumbent Mike Lawler conceded to Democratic challenger Cait Conley in New York’s 17th…
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