Co-published with Teen Vogue. Keywords is a column that decodes the lingo of American politics and media.

Co-published with Grist. As more intense hurricanes strike the island, there is nowhere for the waste to go. Composting could be the solution.

Co-published with Scientific American. A new engineering project would bring much-needed land to eroding marshes but at a huge cost to the fishing industry.

Co-published with The New York Times. The Lummi Nation has a long, proud history of contesting ecologically unfriendly projects. Will it succeed against yet another threat?

Co-published with Grist. Even Texas and Wyoming do a better job protecting communities from oil and gas drilling.

Co-published with The American Prospect. A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.

Co-published with The Guardian. Unstable property rights mean Black southerners may survive a flood but lose their home, and it’s causing the racial wealth gap to grow larger.

Co-published with High Country News. Minnesota’s Riverview Dairy has deep pockets and long straws.

Co-published with Scientific American. For the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, climate change has forced a permanent retreat inland.

Co-published with The Guardian. When wells run dry in the Willcox basin those who can afford to just dig deeper – leaving homes high and dry as the …

Co-published with Religion News Service. As Texas conducts a post-mortem on the Deep Freeze, this moment reveals a critical disconnect in the political and moral framework for …

Co-published with KPBS. Smoke from the fires throughout California has impacted air quality levels in San Diego County, causing an advisory for vulnerable communities, especially communities …