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![An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath]()
![An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath]()
In arid New Mexico, a debate over reusing oil-industry wastewater
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
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![Sitting in a green field a power plant with smokestacks belches white smoke into the sky]()
![Sitting in a green field a power plant with smokestacks belches white smoke into the sky]()
The end of an era: Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
The U.K.’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ended as turbines at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stopped for good.
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Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics.
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![Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.]()
![Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.]()
Hurricane Helene could cost $200 billion. Nobody knows where the money will come from.
Almost none of the storm's devastation will be paid out by insurance.
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Can shaming the world’s worst ‘climate criminals’ save the planet?
Climate Defiance activists direct their fury at the rich and powerful. They’ve also started working with them.
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The shifting jet stream has magnified wildfires and plagues. What’s next?
New research shows that the patterns of Earth’s high winds have led to serious problems on the ground.
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Is climate anxiety a pressing problem, or a luxury?
Concerns about our future are valid — but they aren't always shared by those who are fighting to survive in the present.
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![Demonstrators against the Keystone XL pipeline march in Lincoln, Nebraska in this Aug. 6, 2017, file photo.]()
![Demonstrators against the Keystone XL pipeline march in Lincoln, Nebraska in this Aug. 6, 2017, file photo.]()
What a second Trump presidency could mean for Indigenous peoples
Under the Biden-Harris administration, tribes got more of a say in Congress and tons more funding. A Trump-Vance win could upend that.
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![A forager holds a large ginseng root in the palm of his bare hand.]()
![A forager holds a large ginseng root in the palm of his bare hand.]()
Saving ginseng means balancing conservation and culture
As Appalachian ginseng turns from rural tradition to global commodity, the Forest Service is trying to keep foragers at bay.
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Climate change is destroying American homes. Who should have to move?
It’s unfair to force people out of their homes. We have to do it anyway.
