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The Tension Between Humans and Nature

361 stories published since 2009

Inside a Secretive Lobbying Effort to Deregulate Federal Levees

by Lisa Song, ProPublica, Patrick Michels, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and Alex Heeb, The Telegraph of Alton, Illinois,

The Six Stages of Trump’s Resistance

by Peter Elkind,

Canadian Research Adds to Worry Over an Environmental Threat the Pentagon Has Downplayed for Decades

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Long Story Short

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

War at Home

by Ranjani Chakraborty and Abrahm Lustgarten,

Brain Drain At the EPA

by Lisa Friedman, The New York Times, and Marina Affo and Derek Kravitz, ProPublica,

The Billion-Dollar Loophole

by Peter Elkind,

What It’s Like Inside the Trump Administration’s Regulatory Rollback at the EPA

by Talia Buford,

The Bomb That Went Off Twice

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Buyouts Won’t Be the Answer for Many Frequent Flooding Victims

by Lisa Song and Al Shaw, ProPublica, and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal,

Book Review: The Ordeal of Appalachia

by Alec MacGillis,

FEMA Had a Plan for Responding to a Hurricane in Puerto Rico — But It Doesn’t Want You to See It

by Justin Elliott and Decca Muldowney,

Everyone Knew Houston’s Reservoirs Would Flood — Except for the People Who Bought Homes Inside Them

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw, ProPublica,

How Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Independent Monitors Found Benzene Levels After Harvey Six Times Higher Than Guidelines

by Lisa Song and Al Shaw, ProPublica, and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune,

Rethinking the ‘Infrastructure’ Discussion Amid a Blitz of Hurricanes

by Andrew Revkin,

How the Truth Can Get Damaged in a Hurricane, Too

by Andrew Revkin,

Development and Disasters — A Deadly Combination Well Beyond Houston

by Andrew Revkin,

Houston’s Dams Won’t Fail. But Many Homes Will Have to Be Flooded to Save Them

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, and Al Shaw and Lisa Song, ProPublica,

Trump Has Broad Power to Block Climate Change Report

by Andrew Revkin,

Dangerous Pollutants in Military’s Open Burns Greater Than Thought, Tests Indicate

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost?

by Talia Buford,

Kaboom Town

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

One Year, One Facility, 1.7 Million Pounds of Hazardous Waste Burned in Open Air

by Lylla Younes,

In Colfax, Echoes of Another Conflict

by Ashley Gilbertson/VII Photo,

Open Burns, Ill Winds

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Toxic Fires

by Hilary Fung,

In Flint Water Crisis, Could Involuntary Manslaughter Charges Actually Lead to Prison Time?

by Talia Buford,

There Are Lots of Climate Uncertainties. Let’s Acknowledge and Plan for Them With Honesty.

by Andrew Revkin,

As One of Its Chief Sources of Water Dries Up, California Eases Restrictions on Use Nonetheless

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Drought be Dammed

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

‘We’re Sitting Ducks’

ProPublica,

Hell and High Water (Full Text)

by Neena Satija for The Texas Tribune and Reveal, Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw and Jeff Larson, ProPublica,

Liquid Assets

Abrahm Lustgarten,

Less Than Zero

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

How Much Water Does the West Really Have?

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Picturing the Drought

by Michael Friberg, special to ProPublica,

A Wonder in Decline

by Michael Friberg, special to ProPublica,

End of the Miracle Machines: Inside the Power Plant Fueling America's Drought

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Use It or Lose It: Across the West, Exercising One’s Right to Waste Water

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, While Water Supplies Last

by Al Shaw and Abrahm Lustgarten,

The ‘Water Witch’: Pat Mulroy Preached Conservation While Backing Growth in Las Vegas

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Holy Crop: How Federal Dollars Are Financing the Water Crisis in the West

by Abrahm Lustgarten and Naveena Sadasivam,

What You Need to Know About the Water Crisis in the West

Abrahm Lustgarten, Amanda Zamora, David Sleight and Lauren Kirchner,

Killing the Colorado: Explore the River

by Al Shaw, Abrahm Lustgarten, Amanda Zamora, Jeff Larson and Lauren Kirchner,

Sharpening the Government’s Blurry Maps

by Al Shaw and Theodoric Meyer,

Federal Flood Maps Left New York Unprepared for Sandy — and FEMA Knew It

by Al Shaw, Christie Thompson and Theodoric Meyer,

What Happened After Congress Passed a Climate Change Law? Very Little

by Theodoric Meyer,

Using Outdated Data, FEMA Is Wrongly Placing Homeowners in Flood Zones

by Theodoric Meyer,

Why So Many Flood Maps Are Still Out of Date

by Theodoric Meyer,