Environment

Warren Washington was one of the first physicists to create models for understanding the earth’s climate. 

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha believes the state legislature is taking actions that could cause another water crisis. 

Experts say it’s a step in the right direction, but not enough.

For more than two years, Indigenous water protectors, Black residents of “Cancer Alley,” Atchafalaya Basin landowners and others have been protesting, suing and, in some cases, doing felony-level direct action, to halt the completion of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana. Here’s the harsh reality of fighting the inevitable in the bayou.

Energy Dominion has offered Union Hill, Virginia, millions of dollars to buy support for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge brought by groups that say construction would pose a serious threat.

As the federal government doubles down on denying climate change, the nation’s capital is moving toward using 100 percent renewable energy.  

Produced by 300 scientists, it shows that global warming—which disproportionately impacts people of color—will wreak havoc on the United States’ economy, public health, coastlines and infrastructure.

The head of the Water and Sewage department has a bold solution to the city’s population problems.