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JUNE 29. 2026

Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers

As climate action stalls, the movement is finding new energy in local fights to stop polluting, power-hungry facilities.

JUNE 28. 2026

Cow manure could be the next data center fuel

The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms.

JUNE 27. 2026

Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists

A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces.

JUNE 26. 2026

Across Europe, heat adaptation plans are being put to a brutal test

“Cities across the world are still preparing for the heat that we're experiencing today. ”

States want transparent laws around animal agriculture. A fight in Congress could derail that.

The Save Our Bacon bill would make it harder for consumers to know how their meat was raised.

How climate change gets under the skin

Here’s what we know, so far, about the lasting effects of climate change on the body’s vital systems.

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I avoid getting trapped in the system I hope to change?

A young engineer has a vision for changing their industry, but worries about slowly becoming a cog in the machine. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for staying creative.

JUNE 25. 2026

After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network

As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.

This island in the Great Lakes wants to tap waves for energy

Hydrokinetic energy from the waves surrounding Beaver Island could improve electricity reliability and push an emerging technology forward.

JUNE 24. 2026

Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds

Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship.

JUNE 23. 2026

The hidden toll of wood pellet power

Though marketed as clean energy, industrial pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural counties.

The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird

Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated waterway.

Outrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.

Senators saved the Ocean Observatories Initiative from "supreme stupidity. " But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.

As the world warms, the risk of snakebites is rising

Climate change is increasing human-snake encounters, even as many countries remain ill-equipped to treat victims.