The PDX Community Solar project is funded by a more than $4 million grant from the Portland Clean Energy Fund. It provides power to qualified low-income residents in Portland, Oregon's Cully neighborhood. Monica Samayoa/Oregon Public Broadcasting hide caption
Denver plans to heat and cool a cluster of downtown buildings with a system using water, geothermal energy and even heat from ... sewage. Aaron Ontiveroz/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
In conservative Utah, a group of communities joined forces to bring more renewable energy to the electric grid. The group ranges from the state's largest city to rural towns, such as Coalville. Their effort could be a model for other U.S. cities to take climate action, even as the federal government pulls back on clean power. Kim Raff for NPR hide caption
Mike Durglo Jr. has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change. As the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes climate change coordinator he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Cameron Hamilton, above, has been nominated by President Trump to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He previously led the agency in an acting capacity, but was removed by the Trump administration about a year ago after telling Congress that did not think the agency should be eliminated. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
A Texas flag hangs from a flood-damaged tree on the bank of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas after deadly floods in July 2025. A group of emergency experts appointed by President Trump is recommending that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provide less money to states to help prepare for and respond to disasters including floods. Darren Abate/AP hide caption
Setting low-grade fires, known as prescribed burns, can help clear out overgrown brush and dead material that fuels more extreme wildfires. In 2025, controlled burning fell by almost half under the Trump administration. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A new levee built by the Stillaguamish Tribe, left, separates farmland from newly restored wetlands at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River near Stanwood, Washington, on April 8, 2026. Megan Farmer /KUOW hide caption
Terra Power CEO Chris Levesque joined the Bill Gates-backed firm after years working in the legacy nuclear power industry which he says was slow to innovate. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth Stientje van Veldhoven attend the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference in Santa Marta, Colombia, on Tuesday. Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Shawn Kreuzwiesner, utilities director for the Town of Cave Creek, visits the town's pump system in Phoenix on March 27, 2026. Nearly all of the town's water flows through the pumps, which draw Colorado River water from the Central Arizona Project. Alex Hager/KJZZ hide caption
This aerial view shows residential lots cleared after homes were destroyed in the January 2025 Eaton Fire beside homes that are still standing in Altadena, Calif. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
A support scientist looks at radar on his phone while tracking a supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma. Hail damage contributed to $51 billion in insured losses last year from severe storms, according to the Insurance Information Institute, an industry-backed think tank. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Jason and Colleen Warnesky are among the dozens of families in Altadena, Calif., who have opted to rebuild with manufactured homes, following the 2025 Eaton Fire. Vanessa Romo/NPR hide caption
The RAF Exhibit Gallery hosts an immersive with mutliple screens showing FRAMERATE: Desert Pulse on April 14, 2026 at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. Caitlin O'Hara for NPR hide caption
There's a global shortage of natural gas because of the war. That has consequences for the U.S., the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas or LNG. Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America hide caption
The 2021 Caldor fire was a wake-up call for California's El Dorado County. The community is one of hundreds around the country waiting on a backlog at FEMA that's holding up disaster preparation projects. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This is the remains of an abandoned mine in the Nopah Range near Death Valley, California on Sunday March 22, 2026. Krystal Ramirez for NPR hide caption
Local fisheries on the coast of Cambodia struggled with decimated fish populations for years. Today, they are teeming with seafood, thanks to local ecological restoration efforts. Here (at right), Koh Kresna village chief Khiev Sat talks with a fisherman about the day's catch. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Supporters say offshore wind projects are a valuable resource for meeting rising power demand and ensuring electric reliability. DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
FILE - A worker throws his cigarette on a truck parked in front of a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China, on Dec. 3, 2009. Andy Wong/AP/AP hide caption
A sign for the French company TotalEnergies is displayed at headquarters March 21, 2025, in La Defense business district outside of Paris. Thomas Padilla/AP hide caption