Government scientists have spent a year analyzing electric vehicles to help the E.P.A. design new tailpipe rules to trigger an electric car revolution.
Engineers know how to protect people from tornadoes like the ones that recently devastated parts of Kentucky, but builders have headed off efforts to toughen standards.
The climate crisis haunts Chicago's future as a warming world pushes Lake Michigan toward new extremes — higher highs, lower lows, greater uncertainty. It is a city built for a different time.
The challenges of climate change are everywhere but maybe no more so than in coastal cities that face dual threats of seismic activity and rising seas.
