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Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam troops

For decades, the military treated climate change as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases ...
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Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry

Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local ...
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This little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making your city hotter

It began with a lobbyist’s pitch. Tennessee Rep. Rusty Grills says a lobbyist proposed a simple idea: repeal the state’s requirement for reflective roofs on many commercial buildings. In late March, ...
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Chevron owns this city’s news site. Many stories aren’t told.

Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif., a community with high childhood asthma rates. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar ...
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Nuclear power could solve US electricity needs. But at what cost?

A shuttered Michigan nuclear plant is poised to start up again, buoyed by $3.1 billion in public subsidies. In Pennsylvania, tech giant Microsoft said its need for more electricity led it to strike an ...
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Report: LNG operators in Louisiana offered $21.1 billion in tax breaks

The week before Thanksgiving, employees of Cameron LNG handed out turkeys and fixings to residents in southwest Louisiana. Earlier in the month, Cheniere Energy, Cameron LNG, and Venture Global LNG ...
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Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

To learn more about this investigation, listen to the Sea Change podcast from WWNO/WRKF. Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education ...
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Trump-fueled gas boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge

For more than a decade, Rebekah Hinojosa has fought the buildout of liquefied natural gas terminals near the Texas border with Mexico. She wants to save the pristine land fronting the Gulf of Mexico ...
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As millions face climate relocation, the nation’s first attempt sparks warnings and regret

Leaving the tight-knit community his family had called home for five generations along the Louisiana coast was one of the hardest things Chris Brunet has had to do. But three years ago, he felt he had ...
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Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers

This story was updated to include comment from The Data Center Coalition. The explosive growth of data centers around the country — driven in large part by the burgeoning use of artificial ...
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From ski trails to hiking paths, extreme heat is reshaping recreation — and our attitudes

In south-central Wisconsin, near record warmth in January and two record-breaking summer heat waves have cross-country skiers nervous they won’t be getting much snow this winter — again. And it’s not ...