After the catastrophic accident in the nearby nuclear reactor, the city of Pripyat had to be completely evacuated. Some 50,000 people left their homes forever. DW visited the town with a former resident 40 years later.
A legal challenge to the fossil fuel project faces dismissal, which would let the developer advance even as similar local pushback stifles Ohio’s solar buildout.
New research shows that intense wildfires can transform naturally occurring chromium in soil into a carcinogenic form that lingers in air and groundwater for years.
After Hurricane Helene washed away or buried vital topsoil across the Southeast, farmers are facing years-long efforts to restore the foundation of their livelihoods.
Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.
