States

A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them. 

New legislation could help states and tribes clean up decades-old mining liabilities and restore the environment while creating needed jobs.

A power crisis in Texas caused by severe winter weather exposed the need for a climate-resilient system.

A broad, progressive coalition came together in the 1930s to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. It can be done again in the face of COVID and climate change.

Claims that a massive new methanol refinery fed with fracked gas is actually good for the climate need to be firmly rejected — before they enable similar pushes in other states.

Alabama’s Mobile River basin has the most aquatic biodiversity in the country. But we’re in danger of losing it before we even know what’s there.

Some parts of the United States could easily generate 10 times their energy needs, according to a new report.

The planet needed a big win, and from the top to the bottom of the ballot there were a number of crucial victories.

Across the country voters will weigh in on ballot measures to decide issues like wolf reintroduction, taxes on oil companies and renewable energy standards.

West Coast citizens who’ve lost their homes or fled to other locations still have opportunities to participate in the election. But they have to act quickly.