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Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’

Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilled.

AUGUST 21. 2026

Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer

The season of extreme weather holds lessons for how the continent can climate-proof its energy systems.

In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving

Researchers are beginning to untangle how the "drought-disease paradox" works.

AUGUST 20. 2026

Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.

An expert on migrant farmworker health describes how this population has been blamed and put at risk, but seldom understood.

How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks

Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards

AUGUST 19. 2026

Trump administration advances plan to open national forests to development

The proposal would repeal the Roadless Rule, opening up nearly 45 million acres of national land to roadbuilding and logging.

All aboard Amtrak’s sleeker, cleaner new trains

The $8B Airo fleet will bring cleaner engines, greater capacity, and faster trips to more than a dozen routes across the country.

US Army Corps approves a pipeline project it knows harms Indigenous lands

The proposal to replace a segment of Line 5 in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribes say the federal review violates treaty rights.

Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity.

AUGUST 18. 2026

Why plugging in all those EVs could actually save the power grid

As utilities switch to renewables, you'll get paid to send battery power back into the system, making it stronger and cheaper for everyone.

How this Georgia factory is surviving America’s solar policy whiplash

Biden’s incentives gave Qcells a leg up. Now Trump’s tariffs may help it thrive.

Extreme weather is changing how Americans see the world

A Gallup survey finds that disaster victims are more likely to feel that the future is out of their hands.

AUGUST 17. 2026

California’s new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year

The nation’s first tire efficiency standards target an overlooked drag on fuel economy that can cost drivers more at the pump.

The market for used EVs ‘is so hot’ right now

Sales of used EV sales continued to surge in July, the latest data show, and “there are so many used EVs available at a good price point. "