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![Congressman David Valadao represents the southern Central Valley in the House of Representatives. A former dairy farmer, Valadao has staked his political career on support for water deliveries to farmers in the valley.]()
![Congressman David Valadao represents the southern Central Valley in the House of Representatives. A former dairy farmer, Valadao has staked his political career on support for water deliveries to farmers in the valley.]()
This California congressman is betting the farm on water
Republican David Valadao has held down his blue district by fighting for thirsty farms. But with control of Congress on the line, his luck may be running out.
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![digital collage of We Will Be Jaguars book cover and photo of the author next to it]()
A Q&A with Indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo, who fought oil drilling in the Amazon — and won
Her new book chronicles her life: "The story dies when no one tells it."
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![two images are side by side. the first shows a flask with green tape labeled 6 with a sharpie about 1/4th full of a green liquid. the second image shows a microscopic image of clustered green single-celled organisms teeming together.]()
![two images are side by side. the first shows a flask with green tape labeled 6 with a sharpie about 1/4th full of a green liquid. the second image shows a microscopic image of clustered green single-celled organisms teeming together.]()
Scientists found a new ally in the fight to clean up CO2 emissions: ‘Chonkus’
A newly discovered bacterium could help humans deal with climate change — if scientists can figure out how to crack open its DNA.
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![Digital collage of people at voting booths with pictures of different energy structures around them]()
![Digital collage of people at voting booths with pictures of different energy structures around them]()
The race for clean energy is local
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
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The tiny potato at the heart of one tribe’s fight against climate change
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UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
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Wildfires are coming to the Southeast. Can landowners mitigate the risk in time?
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Will exploratory lithium mining in Arizona continue near a sacred hot spring?
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
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![illustration in the style of WPA posters of 3 electricians with electric bolts above them; a heat pump and solar panels in the background]()
To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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![Workers on the banks of a creek collect trash using a large boom. In the distance are a bridge and tall city buildings.]()
![Workers on the banks of a creek collect trash using a large boom. In the distance are a bridge and tall city buildings.]()
LA County sues Pepsi and Coke over plastic pollution and false advertising
The lawsuit says the companies knew the limitations of plastics recycling but promoted it anyway.
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![A large white vote here sign has a flag and arrow on it in front of a polling place]()
On the ballot in your state: A guide to 2024’s climate voter referendums
Voters in nearly a dozen states will vote on measures that affect energy, water, climate disasters, and more.
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![A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers]()
![A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers]()
Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?
A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.
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Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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![Yellow police tape is draped in front of a parking lot in which cars sit in several feet of water]()
![Yellow police tape is draped in front of a parking lot in which cars sit in several feet of water]()
Climate-fueled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates
Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.
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How climate voters could swing the presidential election
In battleground states like Georgia, tens of thousands of climate-conscious voters who didn't show up in 2020 have already cast their ballots.
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![Close-up image of a deep blue solar panel with silver horizonal lines on it, on black equipment]()
![Close-up image of a deep blue solar panel with silver horizonal lines on it, on black equipment]()
The Department of Energy wants to pay companies to make greener solar panels
Only six panels on the market meet the government's sustainability standards — but that number could soon grow.
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The next president could address the plastics crisis — or worsen it. Here’s how.
Advocacy groups say we’re at a “key moment” to reduce plastic production and protect communities from chemicals.
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