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The Tension Between Humans and Nature

388 stories published since 2009

“They’re Trying to Make It So We Walk Away”: It’s About to Get Harder to File Lawsuits Saying Sugar Harvesters Poisoned the Air

by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post,

The Coal Plant Next Door

by Max Blau for Georgia Health News,

This Billionaire Governor’s Coal Companies Owe Millions More in Environmental Fines

by Ken Ward Jr., Mountain State Spotlight,

A Timber Lobbyist Called Our Investigation “Completely Bogus.” We Have the Receipts to Show It’s Not.

by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Oregon’s Logging Industry Says It Can’t Afford New Taxes. But Prices Have Never Been Higher and Profits Are Soaring.

by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing. New Legislation Could Help ... if It’s Enforced.

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

“We Have Counties in Deep Trouble”: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Timber Tax Cuts That Cost Communities Billions

by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Air Quality Regulators in “Cancer Alley” Have Fallen Dangerously Behind

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Peter Kalmus and Sharon Kunde sitting in magic hour light in their home.

The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.

by Elizabeth Weil,

The Unfinished Business of Flint’s Water Crisis

by Anna Clark,

Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction

by Mindy Pennybacker and Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Officials Let Hawaii’s Waterfront Homeowners Damage Public Beaches Again and Again

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing

by Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

John Kerry, Biden’s Climate Czar, Talks About Saving the Planet

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

A soybean field in Russia’s remote Far East being harvested.

The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World

by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Sergey Ponomarev,

Federal Regulators Are Rewriting Environmental Rules So a Massive Pipeline Can Be Built

by Ken Ward Jr.,

How Famous Surfers and Wealthy Homeowners Are Endangering Hawaii’s Beaches

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

A Coal Company Owned by This Billionaire Governor Has Pledged to Stop Breaking Pollution Laws

by Ken Ward Jr.,

A Power Company’s Quiet Land-Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Cleanup Costs

by Max Blau for Georgia Health News,

Oceanfront Property Tied to Obama Granted Exemption From Hawaii’s Environmental Laws

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Climate Change Will Make Parts of the U.S. Uninhabitable. Americans Are Still Moving There.

by Lucas Waldron and Abrahm Lustgarten,

Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune and The Advocate

Permit for Controversial $9 Billion Plastics Plant in “Chemical Alley” to Be Put on Hold

by Lylla Younes,

Despite What the Logging Industry Says, Cutting Down Trees Isn’t Stopping Catastrophic Wildfires

by Tony Schick, OPB,

The EPA Refuses to Reduce Pollutants Linked to Coronavirus Deaths

by Lisa Song and Lylla Younes,

New Maps Show How Climate Change is Making California’s “Fire Weather” Worse

by Al Shaw and Elizabeth Weil,

California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse.

by Elizabeth Weil and Mollie Simon,

It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It.

by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica,

Gov. Gavin Newsom Says California Is Cracking Down on Oil Spills. But Our Reporting Shows Many Are Still Flowing.

by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun,

What the Photos of Wildfires and Smoke Don’t Show You

by Elizabeth Weil and Lisa Larson-Walker,

Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them.

by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica,

A Wealthy Governor’s Coal Company Might Get a Big Break From His Own Regulators

by Ken Ward Jr.,

A wildfire on the foothills of the San Gabriel Canyon behind residential houses.

Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration

by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut,

A map of North America.

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States

by Al Shaw, Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, and Jeremy W. Goldsmith, special to ProPublica,

New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas

by Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Sara Sneath,

The Climate Crisis Is Happening Right Now. Just Look at California’s Weekend.

by Elizabeth Weil,

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry

by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

The Mystery House: How a Suspicious Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Deal Is Connected to California’s Deadliest Fire

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

Burial Site Found on a Property Tied to Obama, Causing Tension With Native Hawaiians

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Obama and the Beach House Loopholes

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

¿A dónde se irán todos?

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Where Will Everyone Go?

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

About Our Climate Migration Model

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

How a PG&E Contractor With a Sketchy Past Made Millions After California’s Deadliest Fire

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

Big Money Bought the Forests. Small Logging Communities Are Paying the Price.

by Tony Schick, OPB, Rob Davis, The Oregonian, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica,

How We Analyzed Data From Oregon’s Timber Industry

by Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Tony Schick, OPB,

The Financial Catastrophe That Coronavirus Brought to Small Towns

by Lisa Song,

How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas

by Sara Sneath, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Help Us Understand Logging and Timber Practices Across Oregon

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rob Davis, The Oregonian, with Maya Miller, ProPublica,