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Jane Martin with the nebulizer and medications she uses at her home in Gloster, Mississippi, on September 20, 2025.

A Small Town in Mississippi Battles the International Biomass Industry

November 2, 2026 DispatchMississippi, United KingdomClara Chaisson

When the Drax wood pellet plant came to Gloster, reports of lung disease soon followed.

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Is Bamboo Always Sustainable?

October 26, 2026 ExplainerUnited StatesShelia Hu

This versatile plant is popping up in more and more consumer products, but when it comes to eco-friendly shopping, the details matter.

Heavy duty diesel-powered trucks traveling through the 31st St and Pulaski Rd. intersection in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on may 15, 2023.

The High Price of Diesel Pollution

October 1, 2026 ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier

As the Trump administration weakens tailpipe emissions standards and puts the brakes on electric trucks, Americans pay the price with their health and their wallets.

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Ghost Pipelines: How Landowners Suffer, Long After a Project Gets Canceled

June 21, 2022 ExplainerUnited States, Virginia, Pennsylvania, NebraskaNicole Greenfield

The pipeline threat is gone, but the damage to their property and lives is already done.

The Lyme Epidemic Is Worse Than Ever

June 1, 2022 ExplainerUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Prevention is the best medicine for Lyme disease—but we’ve got our work cut out for us as climate change gives ticks a warm welcome.

Atlantic Oil Drilling Is a Terrible Idea

May 17, 2022 ExplainerUnited States

While past leasing proposals have included the Atlantic among other large swaths of the U.S. coastline, today the vast majority of Americans agree that opening up more areas for leasing spells disaster for our climate and our economy.

A Mississippi Tribe Is Growing Its Own Organic Movement

May 16, 2022 DispatchMississippiNicole Greenfield

With programs for schools, elders, and diabetics across 10 counties, Choctaw Fresh Produce is making sure its tribal members have access to fresh, healthy food.

Why Forest Carbon Offsets Aren’t a Substitute for Slashing Emissions

May 16, 2022 ExplainerInternational, United StatesRobynne Boyd

Companies need to both protect forests and cut carbon emissions in order to fight climate change (and look good doing it).

Should You Buy Carbon Offsets?

May 11, 2022 ExplainerUnited States, InternationalBrian Palmer

A practical and philosophical guide to neutralizing your carbon footprint.

Climate Migration and Equity

May 9, 2022 ExplainerInternational, United StatesNicole Greenfield

Inequality influences who can stay in climate-vulnerable locales and who can leave and thrive elsewhere. The world needs a plan that supports those climate refugees who can’t do either.

How We Can Help Europe End Its Reliance on Russian Gas

May 3, 2022 ExplainerInternationalJeff Turrentine

Simply replacing it with U.S. gas isn’t the answer.

A World Without Bees? Here’s What Happens If Bees Go Extinct

May 2, 2022 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Assessing our chances of survival without the prodigious pollinator.

Biden’s Clean Trucks Proposal Is Too Slow on Ditching Dirty Diesel

April 29, 2022 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Communities in high-traffic corridors need trucks to stop polluting their air—and they need it now.

Bitcoin Mining Is Bad for the Climate—and Local Communities Too

April 27, 2022 DispatchNew YorkNicole Greenfield

Upstate New York’s defunct power plants have become a hot spot for cryptocurrency operations, and Finger Lakes residents say they’re just another blight.

Lithium Mining Is Leaving Chile’s Indigenous Communities High and Dry (Literally)

April 26, 2022 DispatchChileNicole Greenfield

As the metal fuels the clean tech boom, companies race to mine the Atacama Region. At stake: fragile ecosystems, scarce water resources, and ancient ways of life.

Climate Misinformation on Social Media Is Undermining Climate Action

April 19, 2022 ExplainerUnited States, InternationalJeff Turrentine

At their worst, social platforms are ideological echo chambers where falsehoods can’t be set straight. To fossil fuel interests, that sounds perfect.

Gibbstown LNG Terminal: A Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

April 13, 2022 DispatchGibbstown, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaNicole Greenfield

Imagine hundreds of trucks and train cars filled with highly explosive fuel coming through your community every day. These Pennsylvanians and New Jerseyans are fighting to extinguish the project—for good.

Climate Change at the Doctor’s Office

April 11, 2022 PerspectivesUnited StatesPrasanna Vankina, Teniope Adewumi-Gunn

Dr. Cheryl Holder helps her patients and fellow physicians find holistic solutions to coping with the intertwined impacts of sickness and climate change.

Four Poets Honor Chicago’s Hazel M. Johnson, the Mother of Environmental Justice

April 1, 2022 PerspectivesChicago

This National Poetry Month, four writers champion the legendary local activist who launched a movement while they continue to grapple with the work left to be done.

No, Burning Wood Fuels Is Not Climate-Friendly

March 28, 2022 DispatchUnited States, International, United KingdomJodi Helmer

As Europe and the United States look to cut their carbon emissions, the biomass industry wants us to pretend that logging forests in the American South could help.