www.usnews.com States need to tackle pandemic, inequality and climate change, survey says More than 80% of respondents in Arkansas said the coronavirus pandemic was the most pressing issue in their state, according to a U.S. News survey.
Politics www.usnews.com California, Michigan take action against climate change California and Michigan on Wednesday announced new steps to combat climate change, as wildfires continue to tear across the West Coast and hurricane season stretches into the Greek alphabet for named storms.
Impacts www.usnews.com The other crisis facing our health care system: Climate change Even before Covid-19 put the American health care system to the test, that system was under strain from another invisible enemy: climate change.
Impacts www.usnews.com Restoring wetlands in Louisiana Louisiana has lost about a third of its 3.2 million acres of wetlands since 1930, but the state is working hard to turn the tide.
Impacts www.usnews.com Rising sea levels are bigger threat to California than wildfires Scientists say more than half a million people could be impacted by rising sea levels and harsher storms by 2100.
www.usnews.com Washington state expected to regulate federal dams that are harming its rivers Experts say the dams, along with climate change, are heating the water and killing salmon.
Politics www.usnews.com Minnesota may join carbon-free states by 2050 Dozens arrive at the state Capitol to weigh in on clean energy plan.
