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Scientists said Maines climate is getting warmer and wetter, with significant implications for human health and infrastructure. Data show the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1998, with 2023 ranking as the second warmest. Sean Birkel, assistant professor of earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine and Maines state climatologist, said it has already led to an increase in extreme weather, with some recent storms in the state topping five inches of rain. ...

Residents of the town used photography to explore their personal experiences of climate change after a catastrophic flood forced hundreds from their homes in this small farmworker community.

By Stephen Robert Miller for the Food and Environment Reporting Network.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration If you’ve gone walking in the woods out West lately, you might have encountered a pile of sticks. Or perhaps hundreds of them, heaped as high as your head and strewn about the forest like Viking funeral pyres awaiting a flame. These slash piles are an increasingly common s...

Grassroots “kayaktivists,” the Rich City Rays, challenged tankers that import crude oil for Chevron and ship its refinery products around the world.

Proposed California bills would protect residents in mostly low-income communities of color by speeding cleanup of dangerous neighborhood oil wells. But industry is fighting to keep even idle wells unplugged.

Traces of the bird flu virus have been found in pasteurized milk, and at least one dairy worker has been infected. But the FDA says don't worry, and the USDA lacks urgency.

Replacing toxic fescue with native grasses will make pastures more resilient to climate change, and improve soil health and water quality.

Sulfuryl fluoride kills wood termites, but it can also kill people and is a potent greenhouse gas.

Cows lose their hooves, fail to put on weight, and produce less milk after eating tall fescue grass. Can it be stopped?

As warming temperatures enable tall fescue to move northward, scientists and ranchers are racing to stop its expansion.