Real Estate Speculators Are Swooping In to Buy Disaster-Hit Homes
“Hi there Gina, hope you’re having a great day,” said another exactly two weeks...
UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure
Despite Friday’s outcome, the plastics treaty does not yet appear to be dead. Virtually...
Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar
Why is this conflict happening? The short version is that Trump and his advisers...
Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System
Grid batteries have a halo effect for other power generators too. Most thermal power...
US Cities Seeking to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Just Got a Big Win in Court
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration....
The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study...
The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the Test
Lloyd and his wife later bought another home in Hidden Valley Lake, a town...
Wildfire Smoke Is Even More Dangerous Than Anyone Knew
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate...
A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras
The flurry of private contracts became part of a “kleptocratic” regime, according to one...
The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
The disease is spread by two types of mosquito. The first is a species...
