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![A massive industrial plant stretches over black and gray dirt.]()
![A massive industrial plant stretches over black and gray dirt.]()
A coal-fired plant in Michigan was supposed to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1M a day.
The community had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week.
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![A man watches the Menomonee River flow under a bridge on August 10, 2025 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Heavy downpours brought as much as 13 inches of rain to parts of southeast Wisconsin overnight causing floods across the region.]()
![A man watches the Menomonee River flow under a bridge on August 10, 2025 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Heavy downpours brought as much as 13 inches of rain to parts of southeast Wisconsin overnight causing floods across the region.]()
In the wake of destructive floods, Wisconsin youth sue state utility regulator over failure to consider climate change
The case is part of a growing movement to force climate action through the courts, led in part by Indigenous youth.
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![A boat of researchers on the sea in Antarctica surrounded by ice]()
![A boat of researchers on the sea in Antarctica surrounded by ice]()
Antarctica is in extreme peril
"Abrupt changes" threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, a new study finds.
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![Demonstrators chant as lawmakers are welcomed back ahead of a House meeting in the state Capitol in Austin, Texas.]()
![Demonstrators chant as lawmakers are welcomed back ahead of a House meeting in the state Capitol in Austin, Texas.]()
How Texas flood relief got caught in a high-stakes political battle
As a fight over voting districts consumes the Texas legislature, funding for flood relief remains elusive.
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Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion
Armed with drones and lasers, scientists are creating detailed 3D maps of Tybee Island’s shifting shoreline.
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![A large open-pit mine with terraced layers with several dump trucks and an excavator]()
![A large open-pit mine with terraced layers with several dump trucks and an excavator]()
US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
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![President Trump sits at a table holding up a signed executive order while cabinet members look on. Behind them is a gold curtain.]()
![President Trump sits at a table holding up a signed executive order while cabinet members look on. Behind them is a gold curtain.]()
Trump’s Interior Department is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them
Federal laws meant to protect land and wildlife are being misused to curb wind and solar development across the U.S.
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![A birds-eye view of a crowded crosswalk in New York City.]()
![A birds-eye view of a crowded crosswalk in New York City.]()
Struggling to get in your daily steps? It may be your city’s fault.
Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes.
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![A man views the removal of debris in a storm-damaged neighborhood]()
![A man views the removal of debris in a storm-damaged neighborhood]()
Clearing debris after a storm is big business. For some communities, it’s also a burden.
How the necessary work of cleaning up can make an even bigger mess.
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![Texas flag flying beneath legislative building]()
![Texas flag flying beneath legislative building]()
After the Texas floods, when is the right time to ask what went wrong?
The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.
