Maryland’s climate challenges—among them worsening heatwaves, intense storms and flooding, sea level rise and coastal erosion—are adding new risks to residents’ health, property and lives. The way out of these worrying trends, advocates and experts say, is to keep the state on a clean energy and emissions-free track.    

By Lisa Sorg

RALEIGH, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to take over the state’s water permitting authority, an unprecedented move for North Carolina.

By Liza Gross

Dozens of activists gathered outside the state Capitol in the scorching Sacramento sun Monday to make a last push against the industry that’s largely responsible for the climate crisis shattering one heat record after another.

Interview by Aynsley O'Neill and Steve Curwood

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill and Steve Curwood with Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project. 

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill and Steve Curwood

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill and Steve Curwood with Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News’ Washington correspondent. 

By Kiley Price

The Democratic National Convention commenced yesterday in Chicago, where roughly 4,000 delegates from around the U.S. are gathered to officially recognize Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming election. 

By Kristoffer Tigue

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Democrats kicked off their national convention in Chicago Monday. But today, Vice President Kamala Harris will be 80 miles north, in Milwaukee, as she makes her third visit to Wisconsin since becoming the Democratic presidential candidate last month.

By Marianne Lavelle

Although President Joe Biden already has cemented an unmatched legacy of climate change action, Vice President Kamala Harris raised the bar the moment that she entered the presidential race on July 21.

By Peter Mantius

This article previously appeared in WaterFront.

By Kiley Bense

Vice President Kamala Harris has been the official Democratic nominee for president for less than a week, but her presence is already changing the dynamic in critical races down the ballot. On July 26, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Dave McCormick, visited a fracking rig in Warren County. One reason for his trip? To link Harris with his opponent in the race, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.