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University of Maryland Researchers Are Playing a Major Role in the Future of Climate-Friendly Air Conditioning

Thanks to consistent funding from the Department of Energy, the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering has been improving the global landscape of energy conversion.

By Hannah Marszalek

As Global Hunger Levels Remain Stubbornly High, Advocates Call for More Money to Change the Way the World Produces Food

By Georgina Gustin

New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions

By Bob Berwyn

After $615 Million and 16 Months of Tunneling, Alexandria, Virginia, Is Close to Fixing Its Sewage Overflow Problem

By Sarah Vogelsong

As Baltimore’s Sewer System Buckles Under Extreme Weather, City Refuses to Help Residents With Cleanup Efforts

By Aman Azhar

Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths

By Yuriko Schumacher, Emily Foxhall, Alejandra Martinez, Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

Disaster Recovery Is a Delicate Act of Balancing Priorities

By Mathilde Augustin

First Snow, then Heat Interrupt a Hike From Mexico to Canada, as Climate Complicates an Iconic Adventure

By Bing Lin

NOAA Affirms Expectations for Extraordinarily Active Hurricane Season

By Amy Green

One animal control program manager estimates that there are around 180,000 unhoused dogs on the reservation. Credit: iStock/Getty Images Plus via Grist

Rez Dogs Are Feeling the Heat From Climate Change

By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist

Debby Drenched the Southeast. Climate Change Is Making Storms Like This Even Wetter

By Amy Green, Lisa Sorg

From Heat Waves to Hurricanes, Climate Hazards Often Hit Renters the Hardest

By Kiley Price

Tennessee renters are largely left responsible for window units to keep their homes cool if a landlord doesn't provide one. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Slow Wheels of Policy Leave Low-Income Residents of Nashville Feeling Brunt of Warming Climate

By Jonmaesha Beltran

The need for air conditioning in schools is overwhelming. One report shows that 36,000 schools nationwide don’t have adequate HVAC systems. Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Extreme Heat Is Making Schools Hotter—and Learning Harder

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

As Wildfire Season Approaches, Phytoplankton Take On Fires’ Trickiest Emissions

By Jenaye Johnson

UN Secretary-General Says the World Must Turbocharge the Fossil Fuel Phaseout

By Bob Berwyn

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

Fire Once Helped Sequoias Reproduce. Now, it’s Killing the Groves

By Caroline Marshall Reinhart

A view of the damage left in Chauvin, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida hit the state in 2021. Louisiana homeowners may have a harder time holding onto their private insurance after the state Legislature made it easier for insurers to cancel policies. Credit: Rachel Mipro/Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana’s ‘Business-Friendly’ Climate Response: Canceled Home Insurance Plans

By Terry L. Jones, Floodlight

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