Midterm elections bring big wins for women, Democrats, but splits Congress
Nearly all the votes are tallied. What happened: Democratic voters in suburban and exurban areas across the country helped the party claim more than the 23 seats they needed to take control of the US...
View ArticleA judge has halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
In a major setback for TransCanada Corp., a federal judge in Montana halted the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday.US District Court Judge Brian Morrison halted the $8 billion,...
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It may be getting harder for Puerto Rico’s national forest to recover from...
Grizelle González has worked in El Yunque National Forest in eastern Puerto Rico for 26 years. The US Forest Service ecologist did research there as an undergraduate, then as a graduate student, and...
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Ice is us: Alaska Natives face the demise of the Arctic ice pack
This story comes to us through a partnership with the podcast and radio program Threshold, with funding support from the Pulitzer Center.“Long time ago … good ice all the time.”David Leavitt has spent...
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Gaza's water crisis is 'a ticking time bomb'
In the Middle East's Gaza Strip, a narrow piece of contested land where three out of four people are refugees, unsafe drinking water has led to a worsening health crisis. Gazan children suffer from...
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How a forest became Germany’s poster child for a coal exit
The German energy company RWE “made a big mistake,” according to energy researcher Patrick Graichen.RWE owns the Hambacher Forest in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, an old-growth...
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After Maria, Puerto Rican women farmers work together to build resilience
High in the mountains of Puerto Rico, a group of women struggles to keep their balance as they drive pickaxes deep into the earth of a hillside guava orchard. They’re digging a narrow trench called a...
View ArticleA new study strongly suggests eating a diet of organic foods can lower cancer...
A major study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found what many people have long suspected: Eating organic food appears to reduce the risk of cancer.Among some 69,000...
View ArticleBayer faces billion-dollar losses related to legal claims of deadly Roundup...
Pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer has shed some $20 billion in market value in the weeks since a California court ordered it to pay $289 million in damages to plaintiff Dewayne Lee Johnson,...
View ArticleThe US midterms 'blue wave' has mixed results for the environment
The 2018 US midterm elections ushered in a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives — along with new Democratic governors — who pledge to act on climate change. It also ushered out some...
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After his life's work burned, audio recordist links California fires to the...
As the deadly Camp Fire continues to blaze, the death toll rises and a choking smoke hangs over much of northern California.It’s the second bad wildfire year in a row for Californians, and residents...
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As the Arctic warms up, a 'new ocean' is bringing new commerce to the top of...
This story is part of our series The Big Melt. It comes to us through a partnership with the podcast and radio program Threshold, with funding support from the Pulitzer Center.Richard Beneville never...
View ArticleSpotify's Palestinian launch puts local artists on the map
Palestinian musicians are fast reaping dividends from their presence on Spotify, which launched its internet streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa last week."The Arab hub provides a...
View ArticleZinke announces new leases for offshore wind power on both US coasts
On Oct. 18, amidst a host of ethics and corruption investigations, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made a surprising announcement: Beginning Dec. 13, his department will begin to auction leases...
View ArticleClashing with Trump, US government report says climate change will batter...
Climate change will cost the US economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday...
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An environmental newspaper fights for press freedom in the Russian Arctic
This story comes to us through a partnership with the podcast and radio program Threshold, with funding support from the Pulitzer Center.If you want to keep watch on what’s going on in the Russian...
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Mexico wants internet access for all. Getting everyone online could reduce...
The internet has been a right in Mexico since the nation’s constitution was amended in 2013 to guarantee universal online access.Yet just 47 percent of households there reported having internet in 2016...
View ArticleGM to slash jobs and production in North America, drawing criticism from...
General Motors said on Monday it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North American workforce because of a declining market for traditional gas-powered sedans, shifting more...
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The first genome edited babies are here. What happens next?
Just before hundreds of scientists, ethicists, and policy makers from around the world gathered in Hong Kong to discuss the future of genome editing, a Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claimed to have...
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Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem
As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, the influx of nearly 1 million refugees and migrants passing through Greece has had a devastating effect on its environment and economy, particularly during the...
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