Eventually Chicago
A poem by Margot Armbruster.
How Flooding Threatens Appalachian Culture and Heritage
Climate change comes for Appalachia.
How Some Communities are Monitoring Their Own Air Quality
In Ohio, local advocacy groups are using low-cost sensors to gather information.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania: The Most American Place on Earth
The meme-able turnpike is a nexus of American culture.
Grasping at Shifting Sands
On the eroding shores of Lakes Michigan and Huron, a buried eighteenth-century lumber port, and the stakes of inaction.
Climate Emergency and Environmental Justice in the Rust Belt
Stories on climate change, industrial legacies, and planning for a just future.
On the Ice in a Warming World
For ice fishermen on northern Michigan’s frozen lakes, it’s easy to feel like climate change is a world away. But it’s only a matter of time before a warming planet transforms the tradition.
How Racism Makes the Weather in Cleveland (and Elsewhere)
A 2020 study found that formerly redlined neighborhoods are hotter than other areas in the same city. Here’s why.
Why Pittsburgh Needs the Paris Agreement
On the city’s long history of industrial pollution, and how Ted Cruz gets it wrong.
Cleveland and the Biden-Trump Debate
The city illustrates, starkly, the challenges and opportunities of the country in 2020.
In Minnesota, A Thirty-Year Biological Survey Nears Completion
Fieldwork is done, and scientists are at work on their final reports. What do we know so far?
After the Flood
How Chicago is coping with the effects of climate change.