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As Climate Crisis Upended Homeowners Insurance, the Industry Resisted Regulation

When an international organization sought to create guidelines on climate risk, insurance lobbying groups pushed back.

by Marcus Baram


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Cuts Aimed at Abortion Are Hitting Basic Care

By Mark Kreidler

Emergency state support for Planned Parenthood can’t fully offset lost Medicaid dollars, and patients are paying the price.

Effort to Fast-Track Semiconductor Manufacturing Faces Community Pushback

By Kalena Thomhave

Lawsuit over Micron’s massive Syracuse project raises concerns about toxic risks and alleges a rushed environmental review.

More Lost ‘Horizons’: How New Mexico’s Climate Plan Flamed Out Again

By Jerry Redfern

A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Pennsylvania Spent Big on a ‘Petrochemical Renaissance.’ It Never Arrived.

By Audrey Carleton

Visions of a booming hub that would bring jobs and prosperity to Appalachia faded, but the plastic “nurdles” remain.

Trump Administration ‘Wanted to Use Us as a Trophy,’ Says School Board Member Arrested Over Church Protest

By Cerise Castle

Black Lives Matter leaders recount their arrests last month after a Minnesota anti-ICE protest.

They’re Organizing to Stop the Next Assault on Immigrant Families

By Mark Kreidler

Community groups are pushing back on an impending HUD rule that would force undocumented immigrants from public housing, splitting families.

New Mexico Again Debates Greenhouse Gas Reductions as Snow Melts

By Jerry Redfern

Lawmakers table bill to expand use of oilfield wastewater and shoot down another that would restrict drone use around “critical” infrastructure.

Louisiana Bets Big on ‘Blue Ammonia.’ Communities Along Cancer Alley Brace for the Cost.

By Ames Alexander for Floodlight

Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.