A decade ago, Congress set out to make pipelines safer, but today there are more accidents on pipelines that carry gas to homes. — By Jeremy Deaton Pipelines exploded with the force of bombs, setting homes ablaze in Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, on the evening of September 13, 2018. Columbia Gas, the local gas utility, had allowed too much pressure to build up in its aging cast-iron pipes until finally, they erupted in a series…

Air conditioners recycle air, potentially spreading viruses. This new technology allows people to stay cool while breathing fresh air. — By Gloria Oladipo In the face of dangerous heat waves this summer, Americans have taken shelter in air conditioned cooling centers. Normally, that would be a wise choice, but during a pandemic, indoor shelters present new risks. …

California’s grid operator has called for building more clean power, not less. — By Jeremy Deaton Record heat across California last weekend spurred Golden Staters to blast their air conditioners. The strain on the power grid was so great that California’s grid operator started rationing electricity. …

A powerful heat-trapping gas is leaking from drilling sites and pipelines, and the EPA is letting oil and gas companies turn a blind eye. — By Jeremy Deaton This year, levels of methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas, hit an all-time high, driven in large part by pollution leaking from gas pipelines and drilling sites. …

The spiny lobster faces climate change and overfishing around the Caribbean, but it’s thriving in Maria Elena bay thanks to this collective. — By Agostino Petroni and Sandali Handagama José “Josh” Catzim Castillo, a 25-year-old lobster fisher, circles a hollow concrete box resting on the seafloor, just off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. He slips a snare into the box and shakes it. …

A century of development fueled a surge of toxic algae along the Klamath. Now, the Karuk tribe and its allies are trying to undo the damage. — By Jeremy Deaton The Karuk people define themselves by the Klamath River, just as the Romans did the Tiber or the Egyptians did the Nile. The word “Karuk” means “upstream,” a reference to the waterway, which runs from Klamath Lake in southern Oregon, across the mountains of northern California —…

Algal blooms are killing wildlife and making people sick. Here’s how we aided their reign of terror. — Art by Matteo Farinella, written by Jeremy Deaton

“I quit my day job to engage young people in the hope that we could have a better future through science literacy. I’m still fighting that fight.” — By Jeremy Deaton The United States is facing two massive threats — climate change and the coronavirus — that we cannot solve without science. One is playing out slowly, over decades, growing inexorably worse as we continue to burn fossil fuels. …

Latinos consistently vote in smaller numbers than other groups. The climate crisis could change that. — By Jeremy Deaton President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are in a dead heat in Texas, a state that has swung Republican in every presidential election since 1976. If Biden pulls off the unthinkable and defeats Trump in Texas, it will be by mobilizing Latino voters. This…