Peter O'Dowd

Six years ago, Anderson Jones had to flee the historic flood as it inundated his home in the Mississippi Yazoo Backwater.

But with an ongoing drought gripping the West, Don McMillan's work is an essential part of providing water to millions of people in Central Arizona.

During the government shutdown, White House budget director Russ Vought announced cuts to billions of dollars in energy and climate projects.

As the government shutdown enters a third week, confusion abounds in many federal departments and agencies. Among the places left in limbo are America's many national parks.

Trump insisted that Iran’s nuclear sites have been completely demolished and Iran will never rebuild its nuclear program.

New research highlights indoor air quality can have a powerful impact on the health and development of babies and young children.

Here & Now's Chris Bentley and Peter O'Dowd spent a week reporting on the Mississippi River.

On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years earlier, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed, causing flood waters to submerge his home for months.

For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their farms and homes from floods. The federal government is now ready to build it.

Construction is one of the world's dirtiest industries and creates more than 600 million tons of trash in the U.S. every year.