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![Collage of solar panel cut out and missing from a Puerto Rican rooftop on the left, with photo of Trump filling in the shape of a solar panel on the right]()
![Collage of solar panel cut out and missing from a Puerto Rican rooftop on the left, with photo of Trump filling in the shape of a solar panel on the right]()
Solar was poised to help Puerto Ricans survive blackouts — until Trump axed nearly $1B in funding
The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.
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![A helicopter pulls water from Kade Lake to respond to a growing wildfire near Cleveland, Texas, on March 20, 2025.]()
![A helicopter pulls water from Kade Lake to respond to a growing wildfire near Cleveland, Texas, on March 20, 2025.]()
These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer
Amid drought and heat waves, April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.
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![An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico seen from the shoreline at Fort Morgan, Alabama.]()
![An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico seen from the shoreline at Fort Morgan, Alabama.]()
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
Citing the Iran war, the administration let oil companies take actions that are likely to threaten an endangered whale.
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Pocket gardens: The tiny urban oases with surprisingly big benefits
Little bits of greenery are popping up in cities, making summers more bearable for urbanites.
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![An illustration of several young people sitting on a block of ice]()
![An illustration of several young people sitting on a block of ice]()
As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt
But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules.
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![a billboard in a rural area says 'wind turbines destroy land value (among other things)']()
![a billboard in a rural area says 'wind turbines destroy land value (among other things)']()
Texas saw a $50B future in clean energy. Then the political winds shifted.
Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.
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![overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland]()
![overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland]()
Oceans are absorbing the Earth’s excess energy. That’s bad news for food systems.
As the planet traps more energy than it releases, the pathways for global food production are being upended.
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![A skier passes by an area of low snow coverage at Vail Ski Resort as temperatures reach into the 50s on March 18, 2026 in Vail, Colorado.]()
![A skier passes by an area of low snow coverage at Vail Ski Resort as temperatures reach into the 50s on March 18, 2026 in Vail, Colorado.]()
The West’s unprecedented winter could fuel a summer of disaster
Record-low snowpack and an early heat wave could mean a higher risk of drought and fire in coming months.
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![A person drinks a frozen Starbucks drink with a green straw]()
![A person drinks a frozen Starbucks drink with a green straw]()
Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash
A new label promises single-use cups are recyclable. But that doesn't mean they actually get recycled.
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![This aerial image taken on March 14, 2023 shows a tractor carrying oranges driving through an orchard in Arcadia, Florida.]()
![This aerial image taken on March 14, 2023 shows a tractor carrying oranges driving through an orchard in Arcadia, Florida.]()
With its new farm bill, Florida’s climate fight just hit a tractor-sized roadblock
The sweeping new law enshrines farmers' use of gas-powered equipment and weakens protections for conservation lands, locking the state's climate-battered ag sector into fossil fuel dependence.
