Resilience
Scientists say South Dakota’s protected lands are vulnerable to pest infestation, wildfire, drought, flooding and more extreme weather in the decades to come.
Cities aren’t only seeing sea level rise. Parts of them are also sinking.

Groups for and against transmission “right of first refusal” laws paid for studies to make their cases, which show up repeatedly in state debates. Here’s what’s in between the lines—and what the outcome may mean for consumers.

After more than 15 years, the nation’s largest clean energy transmission project has been given the green light.

The deal does little for the clean energy transition, and expedites a natural gas pipeline. But it keeps intact spending in Biden’s climate bill -- an early target for the GOP.

A study is under way in the water-scarce region to see if commodity farmers can use the regenerative technique of cover cropping as a way to adapt to rapidly changing weather conditions.

Will lawmakers allow what one justice called the court’s “appointment of itself as the national decision maker on environmental policy”?
In Sackett v. EPA, a suit filed by two homeowners who filled in wetlands on their property, the Supreme Court has drastically narrowed the definition of which wetlands qualify for federal protection.
The Court took a huge bite out of the Clean Water Act.
The climate crisis has boosted a lot of technologies that might not pan out.
Ocean creatures soak up huge amounts of humanity’s carbon mess. Should we value them like financial assets?
Niksen – a Dutch wellness trend that means "doing nothing" – has caught the attention of the world as a way to manage stress or recover from burnout.
Rising seas and the ongoing threat of hurricanes and storm surges have forced the Caribbean nation to become a laboratory for climate adaptation.
The religiously unaffiliated are embracing nature-focused spirituality, while traditional faith groups are showing greater interest in the environment.
Restoring seagrass meadows is one tool that coastal communities can use to address climate change, both by capturing emissions and mitigating their effects.
In Washington State, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new preservation facility offers a back-up plan for an uncertain future.
The city is subsiding between two millimeters and four millimeters a year under the weight of all its buildings, a scientist has found.
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