YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Watt You Use Is Watt You Owe
A power player pays up, a city goes all in against sports betting, a soot-free train ride, and student visas get restored.
Environment
Breaking news and critical investigations into the world’s mounting climate crisis, with a focus on those who are exacerbating and profiting from the disaster.
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
The Working Class Is Paying To Insure Beach Mansions
An impending deadline spotlights how the federal flood insurance program is forcing low-income households to subsidize the rich.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Defrosting The Funding Freeze
Aid money starts to flow, vital youth care is affirmed, a radical housing plan takes root, and desert water gets revolutionized.
The Devil In Your Cereal Bowl
Why a controversial chemical is tainting your foods — and what you can do to protect yourself.
The Plan To Make America Hazardous Again
Trump’s EPA could stop states from warning people about potentially dangerous chemicals sprayed on their food.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Microplastics Meet Their Match
Your fruit bowl comes to the rescue, traffic tax hits the jackpot, anti-abortion activists get buffered, and the Granite State goes green.
The Firefighting Fire Sale
After U.S. Forest Service layoffs, will for-profit contractors protect you from wildfires?
Tales Of A Smokejumper
What it takes to fight the country’s worst wildfires — and what could be lost amid Trump’s Forest Service cuts.
Trump Removes “Zombie” Pipeline Safety Rules
The administration has withdrawn carbon dioxide pipeline regulations inspired by a horrific gas leak, and a former industry lobbyist is now overseeing such matters.