More than 100 projects to mine for the metal powering the green-energy transition have been proposed in the U.S. alone.

By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow

There’s a global rush for new sources of lithium to power the green-energy transition, including a major push for mining the critical metal in the U.S. Columbia Journalism Investigations and Inside Climate News teamed up to track this development trend. Here’s how we collected and analyzed data on new lithium projects—and examined which communities may be most affected by them.

How We Tracked the Lithium Rush

Experts at a U.N. institute see opportunities for ecological improvement in the peace talks between Kurdish fighters and Turkey.

By Jaylan Sims

On a sweltering July day, 30 Kurdistan Workers’ Party fighters stripped the rifles from their backs and tossed them into a blazing fire.

War Harms the Environment. Can a Peace Treaty Repair the Damage?

Blamed in part on climate change, the threat of water ponding in your yard or your basement is growing, a Sun-Times/WBEZ investigation has found, putting health, homes at risk.

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

In a little-noticed memo early last year, Illinois scientists made a dire prediction.

Flooding in Chicago Is Getting Worse. Here’s Why.