Environment
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- ‘Cold weather’ Massachusetts now must problem-solve for rising heatBy Goodluck Ajeh / 3 min
- From the MagazineUtah planned the world’s biggest data center. Then came the bipartisan pushback.By Story Hinckley, Melanie Stetson Freeman / 11 min
- Bear necessities: Drought pushes hungry animals closer to humansBy Sarah Matusek / 3 min
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Endangered Species Act gets revamped rules. What effect could they have?
Rare ‘super El Niño’ spikes ocean temps to new record
The ExplainerThe US needs more electricity. Can the grid deliver?
The ExplainerHere’s where Trump has canceled wind farms – and how states are pushing back
Utah residents react as Trump slashes national monuments
Voters signal opposition to AI data centers in local primaries
Hot chicken is OK, but soda isn’t? Battle over SNAP scrambles red-blue politics.
The ExplainerWhy the latest farm bill matters, from SNAP benefits to crop insurance
In Utah, growing pushback over a city-sized data center
Why climate scientists have dropped a worst-case scenario
The ExplainerWhy the US will pay a French company nearly $1 billion to give up wind farm plans
After 100 years, and decades of cleanup, shellfishing set to return to Boston Harbor
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- Why Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen are heading toward warBy Dominique Soguel / 5 min
- Why the US appears to have given up on nuclear deal with IranBy Howard LaFranchi / 4 min
- Trump has prioritized oil and minerals. Lower prices haven’t followed.By Laurent Belsie / 6 min
- Where Route 66 begins: A tale of boom, bust, baseball, and a ‘big house’By Harry Bruinius / 7 min


