The 23-year megadrought across what is now the Southwestern U.S. is driving up food prices, and threatening lifeways across the Navajo Nation. European colonizers took 99% of Indigenous nations' lands since arriving
Indigenous peoples’ traditional food systems are among the most sustainable in the world, but are coming under threat from climate change, biodiversity collapse, and economic pressures, a new report from the UN
The beleaguered Mountain Valley Pipeline suffered yet another setback Friday when the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board denied a key permit for a proposed compressor station it ruled failed to meet environmental
Native communities across North America face heart-wrenching choices over whether to relocate in the face of mounting climate-driven risks, or remain in locations to which their families have been tied for hundreds
More than 300 businesses, including major tech, retail, and food brands are calling on the Biden administration to commit to cutting U.S. greenhouse gas pollution to at least half of 2005 levels
Lakes and reservoirs are drying up as 85% of Mexico is in drought, with Mexico City in its worst drought in 30 years. Major reservoirs that supply the capital's 9 million residents
Climate change worsened the flooding that killed more than 800 people across West Africa this summer, a new World Weather Attribution report finds. Climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as the head of the Department of the Interior. If confirmed, Haaland, a "35th-generation New Mexican," and a member of Pueblo of
Category 5 Cyclone Yasa laid waste to Vanua Levu, Fiji's second-largest island, killing two and forcing thousands to seek shelter. Though Yasa moved relatively quickly, causing less immediate damage than had been
Medical students at Emory University pushed for climate change to be added to their curriculum — and won. After studying the health impacts and realizing the correlation was not being taught, students
A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition finds social media companies are not doing enough to combat climate disinformation, which has outperformed science-based
The expected price of electricity on Friday is already surging ahead of the expected winter storm. The predicted demand spike will be the biggest test for the state's notoriously independent grid since
Freeport LNG now says it will begin some liquefaction operations in December and will not be fully operational until March. Following a massive explosion in June, the company had originally claimed it
Climate change, activities that contribute to it, and dams pose grave threats to America's rivers, according to American Rivers. The annual report ranks the county's 10 rivers most endangered by human activity
Skyrocketing fossil fuel prices could force American families to choose between heating their home and paying for other necessities this winter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration's annual Winter Fuels Outlook, released yesterday, warns
Fallout from the Russian war in Ukraine roiling global energy markets and a cold front across large swaths of the U.S. pushed gas prices to a 13-year high, with futures breaking above
Residents of Port St. Joe, Florida, worry a proposed LNG export terminal will do little but continue a legacy of polluting industry in the predominantly Black part of town north of the
New York City is set to phase out gas in new construction with the city council reportedly planning to vote next week on the measure. The legislation, which is expected to pass,
Climate, worker, and housing injustice all intersect in Imperial County, California, High Country News reports. Also known as "America's Winter Garden" it is by far the hottest county in the West, and
Texans with disabilities and chronic illnesses were hit especially hard by the massive grid failure that caused widespread blackouts across Texas, The Verge reports. Failure to account for the needs of those
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