During a historic drought, half of Central Oregon’s lifeblood river was diverted to a wealthy agricultural region that got a lot more water than its plants could drink.
As businesses, governments, and activists gathered in London, investments in developing countries to advance climate action took center stage, but financing efforts still lag behind international targets.
The state’s growing population, existing infrastructure and swaths of developable land have drawn the industry’s interest, much to the dismay of rural communities.
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global.
Electric utilities across the Pacific Northwest are fuming that their customers might be saddled with the costs of a coal-burning power plant that isn’t producing any power.The messy dispute stems from the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to sustain the American coal industry.
The banks of the Guadalupe River were an idyllic spot to park an RV. Then, last summer, it started to rain harder and faster than anyone could imagine.
Stony Brook's new Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research brings together groups to better understand how the environment shapes health outcomes.
