Climate Accountability
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![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and millions already spent: inside the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die.
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![An industrial site with a circular waste pond and mountains in the background.]()
![An industrial site with a circular waste pond and mountains in the background.]()
The country’s biggest magnesium producer went bankrupt. Who’s going to clean up the $100M mess?
US Magnesium, on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, left a legacy of environmental problems.
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![A display of shoes with a neon sign that reads 'You deserve new shoes' in the shop window of a New Look fashion retail store on November 10, 2025 in London, United Kingdom.]()
![A display of shoes with a neon sign that reads 'You deserve new shoes' in the shop window of a New Look fashion retail store on November 10, 2025 in London, United Kingdom.]()
What your cheap clothes cost the planet
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
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![A woman and man play with a baby and toddler in front of a house]()
![A woman and man play with a baby and toddler in front of a house]()
The EPA was considering a massive lead cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump shifted guidance.
Tens of thousands of Omahans have lead in their yards at levels that experts say is dangerous, especially for kids. Growing momentum to do more cleanup in what’s already the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site now may stall.
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![An aerial view of a barren landscape ringed with hills]()
![An aerial view of a barren landscape ringed with hills]()
Top Interior Department official has ties to Thacker Pass lithium mine
Karen Budd-Falen’s family ranching operation agreed to sell water rights to the company developing the controversial Nevada lithium project.
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![Red barn in snow with a 'no data center' protest sign in the yard]()
![Red barn in snow with a 'no data center' protest sign in the yard]()
The Trump administration’s data center push could open the door for new forever chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals — with limited oversight.
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![A worker cutting sugarcane in a plantation]()
![A worker cutting sugarcane in a plantation]()
COP30’s biofuel gamble could cost the global food supply — and the planet
What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway.
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![a cow with tan fur looks to the left with several other cows, some with black fur and some with lighter fur, stand in the background of a beef cattle feedlot]()
![a cow with tan fur looks to the left with several other cows, some with black fur and some with lighter fur, stand in the background of a beef cattle feedlot]()
‘Climate smart’ beef? After a lawsuit, Tyson agrees to drop the label.
Advocates say a recent settlement is a win in the fight to hold industrial ag giants accountable.
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![Three plumbers in green jackets installing a new water service line.]()
![Three plumbers in green jackets installing a new water service line.]()
‘They’re playing games’: Illinois lawmakers press Trump administration over stalled lead-pipe funding
Congress appropriated $15 billion to replace lead pipes across the country. Is the Trump administration withholding it?
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![A man stands outdoors with oil drills to either side of him. He has white hair and his hands are clasped in front of him.]()
![A man stands outdoors with oil drills to either side of him. He has white hair and his hands are clasped in front of him.]()
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
