On a muggy July day, volunteers marched the half mile from Eugene, Oregon’s Sierra Club office to City Hall, chanting, “Climate change is here to stay, and billionaires have g ...

The Hoover Dam impounds the Colorado River and forms Lake Mead, pictured in 2022. Arizona has joined Nevada's lawsuit against the Trump administration's 10-year plan for managing the drying Colorado ...

An appeals court hearing could determine whether feds reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across the West.

New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir was nearly full on June 2, 1994 (left), in contrast with very low levels on July 27, 2026 (right). NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison On July 11, the Rio ...

Finding a four-leaf clover feels like a moment of improbable luck; having a dog is a long, sustained luck you don’t recognize until you realize how extraordinary the ordinary days have been.

Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines. In this pocket of central Utah, energy and the ...

Wildfires across the West have renewed concerns over the fate of water quality in the aftermath. Fire retardants used to slow the spread of a blaze add to the worries.

This story is a partnership with Drilled, an independent global newsroom focused on multimedia climate accountability reporting. Reporting for this story was funded in part by the Center for Media and ...

This piece is part of a special project on conversations. Read more stories from the series. “Chief Seattle signed that treaty with the government after witnessing so many deaths that he had (to be) ...

Two-thirds of Americans are worried about climate change, but many don’t realize how they can play a significant role in climate action — at least, not yet. KH: First, if you look at the data, the ...

This piece is part of a special project on conversations. Read more stories from the series. When I was 9 years old, I was glued to a documentary series on PBS called Eyes on the Prize, and ...