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MARCH 19. 2026

Why $4 gasoline is the tipping point for EVs

As fuel costs climb, the long-term math shifts toward EVs — but consumer hesitation and infrastructure gaps could slow the transition.

MARCH 18. 2026

Is your state becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data.

Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares.

Big Oil has moved on from ‘greenwashing. ’ Here’s the new playbook.

Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting their climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.

Scientists race to decode data from Europe’s vanishing glaciers

Glacier ice contains valuable information about the climates of the past. Researchers are scrambling to study it before it's too late.

The Supreme Court takes up a Guam munitions case with high stakes for CHamoru lands

The ruling won't just dictate the fate of a CHamoru beach. It could set a major precedent for Indigenous rights and federal power across U. S. territories.

MARCH 17. 2026

How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility

Investor-owned utilities have been slow to ditch oil and gas. The city of Ann Arbor plans to boost access to renewables through a new dual-service model.

Georgia farmers’ long wait for Helene relief is ending

The state’s biggest crops needed a special program to cover ‘once in a generation’ losses — for the second time in a decade.

MARCH 16. 2026

Is the world heating up faster than we thought?

A study says warming has accelerated in the last decade, with temperatures rising nearly twice as fast as they did between 1970 and 2015.

4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world

In just one year, Trump has derailed an international carbon tax, boosted fossil fuel forecasts, and sought to silence an island nation.

MARCH 15. 2026

Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?

When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover. If new species don’t replace old ones, they say, ecosystems may have less flexibility to respond to habitat loss and climate change.

MARCH 14. 2026

Mining rush for critical minerals threatens Amazon land reform settlements

A survey of mining records found dozens of requests for copper, manganese, and nickel targeting land reform settlements in northern Brazil’s Carajás region in the last five years.

MARCH 13. 2026

Trump EPA moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide

The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 facilities that emit the toxic chemical ethylene oxide in neighborhoods across the U. S.

How the humble hornwort could supercharge agriculture

Scientists have found a way to boost the efficiency of rubisco — the enzyme that powers life on Earth — and hope to transfer it to crops.

MARCH 12. 2026

The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna

The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils.