Articles by

Molly Taft

FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

Less than two months before the official start of hurricane season, the nation’s primary disaster-response agency faces...

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

AmeriCorps, the US federal agency that oversees volunteerism and service work, abruptly pulled teams of young people...

Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce the signing of executive orders intended...

States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Industry Is Fighting Back

In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of...

Hurricane Helene Shows How Broken the US Insurance System Is

On Tuesday morning, five days after Hurricane Helene ripped through Boone, North Carolina, David Marlett was on...

Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up

Five years ago, in a splashy speech in Washington, DC, Jeff Bezos rolled out Amazon’s Climate Pledge,...

The Supreme Court Is Gutting Protections for Clean Water and Safe Air

This story originally appeared on Slate and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.US environmental law is...