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Weather

### Flooding and droughts drove them from their homes. Now they’re seeking a safe haven in New York

Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disasters.

By Jazzmin Jiwa and Carla Mandiola/Columbia Journalism Investigations

Food

### The climate solution sitting in America’s trash

Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?

By Gaea Cabico/Sentient

Gulf Coast

### Trump moves to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states

Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say

By Terry L. Jones/Floodlight

Weather

### Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam troops

For decades, the military treated climate change as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather.

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

## Featured

### Trump-fueled gas boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge

Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia

By Pam Radtke/Floodlight, Evan Simon/Floodlight, Jeffrey Basinger/Floodlight

### A startup promised 45,000 EV jobs to struggling towns. They’re still waiting.

Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

### This little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making your city hotter

As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules.

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

### Video: The failed promise of industry jobs in polluted communities

A new documentary, based on a Tulane study, debunks the promise of high-quality employment for residents of color when new industrial plants come to their neighborhoods

By Floodlight

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## Latest

### Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry

Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells.

By Nina B. Elkadi/Sentient

### As millions face climate relocation, the nation’s first attempt sparks warnings and regret

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises

By Terry L. Jones/Floodlight, Evan Simon/Floodlight

### Building toward disaster: Growth collides with rising seas in Charleston

A billion-dollar seawall may shield the city’s wealthy core — but not the vulnerable communities beyond it. Who will be forced to move?

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

### EV factory plans still alive in Georgia, backers insist, but big hurdles remain

A proposed plant in Fort Valley, Ga., is moving ahead, a Florida businessman said, but electric vehicle factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas appear dead.

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

### How a Koch-funded campaign is trying to reverse climate action in Vermont

In one of the bluest U.S. states, Americans for Prosperity is making inroads against climate action.

By Austyn Gaffney/Grist

### From ski trails to hiking paths, extreme heat is reshaping recreation — and our attitudes

As rising temps change daily life, they’re fueling greater concern about climate change — more than wildfires or hurricanes, researchers say.

By Terry L. Jones/Floodlight

### Trump-fueled gas boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge

Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia

By Pam Radtke/Floodlight, Evan Simon/Floodlight, Jeffrey Basinger/Floodlight

### A startup promised 45,000 EV jobs to struggling towns. They’re still waiting.

Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.

By Ames Alexander/Floodlight

### Black neighborhoods at risk as EPA cuts key climate rule

Black communities brace for fallout after Trump revokes core safeguard that outlined pollution’s impact on nature and humans.

By Adam Mahoney/Capital B

### At an Iowa pork plant, piles of dead pigs and wafting sulphur dioxide

When climate technology breaks down, the results can be deadly.

By Nina B. Elkadi/Sentient

### ‘Farming in the dark’: How Rollins’ USDA is endangering American agriculture

In her first six months, Donald Trump’s second agriculture secretary has altered the course of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She says prosperity is ‘just around the corner.’ But staffing cuts and restricted research could have long-lasting impacts.

By Sky Chadde/Investigate Midwest

### Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas

A new state law that redefines natural gas as a 'green' energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank.

By Sophie Hurwitz/Grist

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