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![A paramedic waves from the cockpit of a small, single-seat electric airplane used for emergency medical services.]()
![A paramedic waves from the cockpit of a small, single-seat electric airplane used for emergency medical services.]()
Electric aviation is taking off in unexpected ways
Electric aircraft may one day usher in low-carbon travel, but for now they are finding a foothold with paramedics and climate researchers.
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On Wall Street, the ‘energy transition’ includes natural gas and data centers
For private equity firms, "not all transition strategies are sustainable."
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![Collage of a family looking out at their home, covered by a red square. To the right, smokestack imagery peeking through stripes resembling the American flag.]()
![Collage of a family looking out at their home, covered by a red square. To the right, smokestack imagery peeking through stripes resembling the American flag.]()
The American Dream wasn’t built for climate change
Owning a home is billed as a way to build wealth. For many, it's turning into a trap.
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![Collage of person pumping gas, wading through floodwater, and holding a carton of eggs]()
![Collage of person pumping gas, wading through floodwater, and holding a carton of eggs]()
Exclusive: Most voters believe climate change threatens the American Dream
As the cost of living rises, a poll for Grist from Data for Progress suggests voters are connecting the dots to a warming world.
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![a choropleth map of Chicago showing various shades of red indicating lead service pipe density by neighborhood]()
Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.
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First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
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![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
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A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
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Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
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How to track disaster spending in your community
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DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects
The cuts, compounded by the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act grants, deepen decades of federal underinvestment in Indian Country.
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![An oil pump jack is cast in shadow on a ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma.]()
Osage Nation speeds up orphan well cleanup as federal oversight recedes
A change in federal policy is allowing the Nation to plug abandoned wells more quickly — and raising questions about who is ultimately responsible for thousands of them.
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How the biggest renewable energy project in US history finally got built
The SunZia wind farm is a marvel. Why did it take 20 years to build?
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The EPA is quietly killing its web archive
Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.
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![Donald Trump addresses the press from his desk in the Oval Office while men and women wearing suits and cowboy hats stand behind him]()
Trump cut funding for farmers — then unlocked billions for them before Election Day
Whether it’s enough to smooth over tensions with that constituency remains to be seen.
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![landscape showing damaged earth caused by permafrost detachment slides with tree covered hills on either side]()
Strange, catastrophic landslides are kicking off across the far north
When frozen ground known as permafrost degrades, it can fail catastrophically. That could spell serious trouble for the whole planet.
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What’s fueling Indonesia’s worst wildfire season in a decade?
Peat fires are burning across the country, smothering one of the world's most populated countries in smoke.
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In eastern Montana, a new oil pipeline comes with perils and a potential payday
The Bridger pipeline promises landowners money, but the tar sands oil it would carry has tribal leaders worried about a spill.
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