As Alabama Judge Orders a Takeover of a Failing Water System, Frustrated Residents Demand Federal Intervention The majority Black city of Prichard loses much of its purchased drinking water to leaking pipes, with water pressure so low firefighters have sometimes watched homes burn. By Lee Hedgepeth
Scientists Disagree About Drivers of September’s Global Temperature Spike, but It Has Most of Them Worried By Bob Berwyn
At a ‘Climate Convergence,’ Pennsylvania Environmental Activists Urge Gov. Shapiro and State Lawmakers to Do More to Curb Emissions By Jon Hurdle
As Climate-Fueled Weather Disasters Hit More U.S. Farms, the Costs of Insuring Agriculture Have Skyrocketed By Georgina Gustin
Florida Pummeled by Catastrophic Storm Surges and Life-Threatening Winds as Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall By Amy Green
Frustrated by a Lack of Details, Communities Await Federal Decision on Protecting New York From Coastal Storm Surges By Delaney Dryfoos
During Some of the Hottest Months in History, Millions of App Delivery Drivers Are Feeling the Strain By Gina Jiménez
Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet By Bob Berwyn
Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable By Wyatt Myskow
Record-Breaking Rains in Chicago Underscore the Urgency of Flood Resiliency Projects, City Officials Say By Aydali Campa
New York, LA, Chicago and Houston, the Nation’s Four Largest Cities, Are Among Those Hardest Hit by Heat Islands By Aydali Campa