Arkansas hails its title as "most pro-life state in the country." But in the southeast corner of the state, women keep dying from giving birth. Annie Gowen & jahi chikwendiu explore the risks and challenges for a teen and her mother, a doula and their community. wapo.st/3ZjTQAj

You might wonder why Sunrise Movement 🌅 is knocking on doors for Harris, but still won’t endorse her. Read this Maxine Joselow scoop to understand why: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

You may not realize how mesmerizing native plants' tiny seeds are, and how key they are to the Earth's wild places. After gazing at this gorgeous Sarah Kaplan Alice Li Audrey Valbuena story, edited by Katie Zezima Sandra Stevenson Joe Moore you will. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

How a Trump visit sparked turmoil at America’s most sacred cemetery. Army officials hoped clear rules would avoid a damaging public spat with Trump. He gave them one anyway, by Isaac Arnsdorf Josh Dawsey and Dan Lamothe washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Rain in the Sahara Desert! 💧 This three-panel image shows the 10-day forecast rainfall (left) vs the August monthly maximum rainfall (center) vs the September monthly maximum rainfall (right). Rain is forecast to fall in places that it never has, on record, in these months 😳

It's not your imagination: You've just lived through the most humid summer on record. Dan Stillman reports. HT: Ben Noll washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/0…

News from the The New York Times newsroom: Robert D. McFadden is retiring after 63 years and 4,200 articles. "Bob set the standard for a gifted generalist capable of delivering a literary synthesis of the most important story of the day under impossible deadline pressure."

In first major interview since Biden’s withdrawal, Harris says she will put a Republican in her cabinet if elected By Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

California insurance officials have approved Allstate’s request to raise insurance rates for homeowners by 34 percent, Brianna Sacks writes - a sign on how #climate disasters are making home ownership pricier washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Tens of thousands of disabled people in the US are paid less than the minimum wage — w some making as little as 25 cents/ hour. Our 9 month, 3 part investigation into an obscure provision of the FLSA, w the great Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵 & Caitlin Gilbert: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

For years, Russia has been hammering Ukraine's energy system. Now, reports Siobhán O'Grady Ukraine is striking back #UkraineRussiaWar washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

It was pitched as ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ to protect the planet and people’s lives. on the ground, Chico Harlan found deep failures. W/ photos from Samantha Reinders washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Just how water intensive is cotton? Consider this: for all the water you'll ever use to wash your cotton t-shirt over its *entire* lifetime, it will have taken *50 times* as much water to grow the cotton that went into it. Source: nature.com/articles/s4301…

While it's gotten very little attention, Trump created a commission on patriotism in his final months in office. Laura Meckler has done a deep dive on this group, and shares what it says about how he might view education if he returns to office: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Scoop: Harris campaign hires Camila Thorndike as climate engagement director. She is joining from Rewiring America and is a Bernie Sanders alum subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

Today John McCain's son said he has changed his voter registration from independent to Democrat and would vote for Kamala Harris, expressing outrage over a dispute involving Trump campaign staff at Arlington National Cemetery. Maegan Vazquez & Mariana Alfaro washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The world's cities produce 250 million tons of plastic each year. Much of it gets burned, releasing deadly air pollution. See where, in this piece by Simon Ducroquet and Shannon Osaka washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Remarkable chart from BloombergNEF's EV Outlook: EVs are covering significantly more ground on average than combustion vehicles in almost every country. The US is a notable exception for now.

Sometimes we are connected to the natural world in ways that we only understand when they fall apart. A new study suggests that a bat disease in the U.S. may have led to the death of more than 1,000 kids. By Dino Grandoni washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

A year after the Maui wildfires, some survivors are still afraid to return to their homes, because of toxic smoke damage that their insurers won't pay to clean up. Brianna Sacks on the hidden #climate toll that we are just beginning to face - and fight over: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…