The bipartisan infrastructure law (2021) and the Inflation Reduction Act (2022), or BIL and IRA, were the main drivers of Biden’s climate and economic policies. Both bills funneled grants to states, ...

From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.

New Orleans lost more than 200,000 trees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The federal funding freeze could stop the effort to replace them.

President Trump and DOGE have their sights on NOAA and the National Weather Service. Gutting them could imperil millions and ...

How the EXPLORE Act, a bill aimed at improving outdoor recreation opportunities, managed to pass with unanimous support.

The administration ordered states to rework plans for using federal EV-charging money, putting hundreds of projects in limbo. Experts say that’s illegal.

A new program pairs ice fishing anglers on the Great Lakes with researchers who need to know how thick the ice is, despite funding chaos.

As climate change complicates growing the region’s historically emblematic crops, like olives and lemons, Amata is seeing ...

In 2021, the small city of Ithaca announced it would electrify all of its 6,000 buildings with the help of one key partner: a technology company called BlocPower, whose then-CEO Donnel Baird said the ...

State officials recently unveiled a broad home energy efficiency and electrification program, but it’s unclear whether the ...

In 2023, Seattle voters authorized the city to create a new organization to develop “social housing,” a type of publicly-owned affordable housing that accommodates low- and middle-income renters.