Mold, foundation cracks, sinking houses: How a Florida Habitat for Humanity neighborhood fell apart
Experts, lawyers, and residents argue that affordable housing communities should be built with environmental justice and climate change in mind.
Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding
Residents say federal agencies and contractors have left them in the dark about public health risks related to a Superfund site.
How the government fails low-income renters after natural disasters
Renters in Texas are suing state and federal agencies, alleging their policies have had a “disparate impact on minority households.”
The promise of the Yazoo Pumps
Devastating flooding has revived talk of a controversial infrastructure project in the Mississippi Delta, but it might not help the communities that need it most.
For 30 years, Georgia and Florida have been fighting over water
Georgia farmers are pitted against Florida fishers in legal battle over water rights that’s worsening with climate change — and the case may soon be coming to a head.
Climate change is threatening historic African American sites in the South
Nonprofits and volunteers are working to preserve African American cultural and historic sites vulnerable to flooding and other environmental threats.
With Gulf Coast ecosystems under threat, the seafood industry’s next generation adapts
Oyster aquaculture could support Gulf Coast’s struggling seafood industry, but warming waters and pollution may slow its success.