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Energy & Environment

Vox's coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues

The Supreme Court case that’s likely to handcuff the Clean Water Act

Sackett v. EPA may prove to be the most significant attack on America’s clean water laws since the 1970s.

By Ian Millhiser

Hurricane Ian is about to crash into a very crowded Florida

Populations are growing in coastal cities, which are vulnerable as sea levels rise and hurricanes drive larger storm surges.

By Umair Irfan

American trains aren’t great — but you should still take them anyway

By Siobhan McDonough September 26

The Supreme Court’s new term could be even more consequential than its last one

By Ian Millhiser September 26

How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River

By Benji Jones September 23

Why all Americans should be paying attention to Puerto Rico’s power grid

By Umair Irfan September 21

How a Category 1 hurricane did so much damage in Puerto Rico

By Benji Jones September 19

Blowtorching spotted lanternflies is, in fact, a bad idea

By Benji Jones September 16

The Democratic infighting over Joe Manchin’s “side deal,” explained

By Li Zhou September 13

How power companies have caused and worsened wildfires

By Rebecca Leber September 13

The real reason a heat wave is pushing California’s power grid to its limits

By Neel Dhanesha September 6

The race to find 2,100 missing species before they go extinct

By Benji Jones September 3

It’s the end of the car as we know it

By Rebecca Heilweil September 2

How Jackson, Mississippi, ran out of water

By Benji Jones September 1

Biden’s long game for American-made electric vehicles

By Rebecca Heilweil September 1

How melting glaciers fueled Pakistan’s fatal floods

By Benji Jones August 30

The flooding in Pakistan is a climate catastrophe with political roots

By Jonathan Guyer August 30

Americans keep moving to where the water isn’t

By Bryan Walsh August 28

Public transit for nine bucks a month? Germany tried it.

By Jen Kirby August 27

California’s gas car ban will change how everyone drives

By Umair Irfan August 25

You probably have “forever chemicals” in your body. Here’s what that means.

By Benji Jones August 25

Severe heat and droughts are wreaking havoc across the globe

By Ellen Ioanes August 21

The Colorado River drought is coming for your winter veggies

By Benji Jones August 20

The Colorado River drought is so bad you can see it from space

By Umair Irfan August 17

We talk about heat waves in a weird way

By Neel Dhanesha August 17

4 underrated parts of the Inflation Reduction Act

By Rebecca Leber August 16

The US finally has a law to tackle climate change

By Rebecca Leber August 16

Hidden inside the Inflation Reduction Act: $20 billion to help fix our farms

By Benji Jones August 16

The Inflation Reduction Act, explained

By Emily Stewart, Li Zhou, and 1 more August 16

How the Western drought is pushing the power grid to the brink

By Umair Irfan August 16

Fight climate change. End fossilflation. Here’s how.

By Rebecca Leber August 12

Listen to the heartbeat of the largest animal to have ever lived

By Benji Jones August 11

The search for an AC that doesn’t destroy the planet

By Rebecca Heilweil August 10

Where climate change has brought too much water — and too little

By Neel Dhanesha August 9

Meanwhile, Congress is set to pass a huge wildlife conservation bill with bipartisan support

By Benji Jones August 8

The US could stop one cause of heat wave deaths tomorrow

By Rebecca Leber August 3

Down to Earth

Why scientists are desperate to find a salamander that’s been missing for 71 years

More than 2,000 species worldwide are considered lost. Could finding them avert extinctions?

By Benji Jones August 1

Climate fixes are all aimed at property owners. What about renters?

By Neel Dhanesha July 27

Beavers are heat wave heroes

By Benji Jones July 22

Europe’s gas crisis is here

By Jen Kirby July 21

Congress failed on climate. What can Biden do now?

By Rebecca Leber July 20

It’s so hot in Europe that roads are literally buckling

By Neel Dhanesha and Benji Jones July 20