In October 2024, New York City took a major step in tackling its trash problem by making curbside composting mandatory.

For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million acres — about the size of Montana — and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ...

The federal appeals court decision could re-open the company's old wounds from a series of controversies across Florida.

The work of City Harvest, New York City’s largest food rescue organization, took on new urgency when the recent government shutdown cut off funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

A boy looks out over Jamaica Bay in the Edgemere neighborhood of New York City. The community, which is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and the bay, is at growing risk of coastal flooding due to sea ...

This article was produced in partnership between Columbia Journalism Investigations and Documented. It was co-published by The Guardian and republished by Floodlight. Gricelda experienced her deciding ...

Wasted food like these banana peels mounded up in Lyon, France, is a major source of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gasses. (Robert Deyrail / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images via Sentient) ...

Retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant Vida Rivera knows heat can be as dangerous as any enemy. Early in her military career, she collapsed from heat exhaustion while carrying a 65-pound pack on a ...

Tom Wood near his home in Salome, Ariz, on April 22, 2025. Wood and his wife had to drill a new well after the previous one went dry. Credit: Caroline Gutman This far out, there’s no such thing as ...

Leaving the tight-knit community his family had called home for five generations along the Louisiana coast was one of the hardest things Chris Brunet has had to do. But three years ago, he felt he had ...

On a quiet street near the marsh in Charleston, South Carolina’s Rosemont neighborhood, Luvenia Brown watches the weather reports more than she used to. She’s lost lawn mowers, bikes and outdoor ...

In south-central Wisconsin, near record warmth in January and two record-breaking summer heat waves have cross-country skiers nervous they won’t be getting much snow this winter — again. And it’s not ...