Environment
As extreme heat worsens, renters are gaining a ‘right to cooling’
October 29, 2026New laws are treating cooling as a necessity rather than a luxury, though what landlords must provide varies widely.
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The U.S. government’s dangerous rush to produce new plutonium pits
October 26, 2026Rushing toward production threatens worker and community safety, increases costs, and likely to prove strategically destabilizing.
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Trump administration guts Endangered Species Act, nature advocates fight back
October 16, 2026Critics argue the latest Trump move will make the law borderline useless in protecting vulnerable species.
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How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business
October 8, 2026Jacob Coxon’s resignation drew a lot of attention to the safety of AI companies’ research.
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Illinois passed nation’s first climate migration law, but effort has languished since
September 28, 2026More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline for a required report.
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