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.
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.
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The administration has withdrawn carbon dioxide pipeline regulations inspired by a horrific gas leak, and a former industry lobbyist is now overseeing such matters.
Trump Moves To Kill The Environmental Magna Carta
Administration officials just filed a rule to defang the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act — the statute that lets communities protect themselves from polluters.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A City Runs Clean
A major city cleans up its act, states water local news deserts, indie bookstores kindle competition, and mergers must happen out in the open.