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A new UN report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it

To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding.

Michigan’s decades-long fight to shut down the Line 5 pipeline will be heard in state court after the U. S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the dispute belongs there, clearing the way for judges to weigh whether the aging oil pipeline can continue crossing the Straits of Mackinac.

A Q&A with the New Mexico Reforestation Center director about what it takes to replant a burn scar post-wildfire.

The American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections.

While AI helps monitor deforestation and illegal mining, data centers powering the technology are claiming water, energy, and minerals from Indigenous lands.

2025 was a banner year for clean energy.

At the UN, leaders confronted compounding crises of territorial violence and digital extractivism.

Drought conditions have been worsening for months in the Southeast. Now tens of thousands of acres are burning, displacing people and destroying dozens of homes.

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

What is Vibrio? Vibrio is a type of bacteria that has been around for hundreds of millions of years; researchers have identified more than 70 species. These species are mostly harmless, but some can cause infection.

A growing body of evidence shows that cemeteries host much more life — including insects, birds, mammals, and rare plants — than death.

At Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand coordinated approach to land rights.

Since Utah passed a law letting residents plug solar systems into their home outlets, 30 more states have drafted similar bills.