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Yesterday, delegates from about 200 countries arrived in Antalya, a resort city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, for the 31st United Nations climate summit. It is the first “Conference of Parties” or “COP” to open since the UN’s own scientists said, in effect, that we’ve missed a key target for holding climate change in check.  Last […]

ANTALYA, Turkey—The stench of fossil fuels has become a hallmark of the United Nations “Conference of the Parties” climate talks, starting with the airplanes and buses carrying delegates to the conferences. Two annual meetings have been held in Poland, where coal remains king. Eye-searing petrochemical smog marred the skies over Dubai at COP28. In Baku, […]

COLUMBIANA, Ala.—Attorneys for Alabama Power didn’t mince words about Fenn Church in a Shelby County courthouse Monday afternoon. “Mr. Church—over and over again—has said he wants to be arrested,” Alabama Power attorney Jim Byram told Circuit Court Judge Jonathan Spann. “He wants to be run over by a bulldozer. All this kind of ridiculous stuff.” […]

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 researchers are still trying to understand the […]

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 with Bryan Watts, a longtime researcher at William […]

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 for its fast fiber-optic […]

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 energy shift, just as she always does.  Noelani […]

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 one felt different.  Juarez landed […]

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 the alpine cold recedes, disease-bearing mosquitoes are taking […]

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 global reports in cycles. Its 2013 and 2014 reports provided the […]

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 take control and their senior members presumably become chairs—many House committees have broad subpoena powers. U.S. […]

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 potential benefits for the company […]

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, Rwanda, the “Global SF6 Pledge” urges countries to commit to monitoring, […]

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. “The wind carried the smell […]

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 POLITICO that he opposed the bipartisan bill in its […]

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,” “disgusted” and “scared” flashed […]

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 as governor over Democrat David Jolly by a margin of […]

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 how it responds to increasingly deadly heat and persistent drought […]

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 clean energy legislation, according to analysts and advocates. Democrats swept the vast majority […]

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 of the fastest-growing hubs for this production—bitternut hickory […]