Environment

Lingering wildfire smoke from Oregon’s Archie Creek fire (Photo by Jan Pytalski, The Daily Yonder) Wildfire smoke travels wherever the win…

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable residents was also hotter.

As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up.

The longtime logging town of Darrington, Washington is showing how local communities re-engage with the federal forests that surround them.

Grist asked 10 different countries how they would use the long-awaited “loss and damage” climate fund launched at COP28.

Over the past year and a half, the United States has reckoned with the pandemic, a breakdown of race relations, rising wealth inequality, the looming threat of climate change and…

Water shortages are one of the greatest problems created by a warming world. A decentralized water system is a compelling counterargument to the notion that bigger is better.

Solar Sister, a Cisco nonprofit partner, invests in women’s clean energy businesses to empower female entrepreneurs and build community resilience, lifting people out of the cycle of poverty. Solar Sister…

We all want to live in places that are safe and able to respond to disasters. But right now, many rural communities and Native nations — especially communities of color…

These three topics were top of mind in 2023 for sustainable food professionals — and will move the field forward in the year ahead.

Rising temperatures brought on by human-driven atmospheric warming are bringing big changes to agricultural life in the Southwest, research indicates.

Fossil fuels, electric vehicles and critical elections will top the list of sustainability concerns.