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Youth plaintiffs test out a new legal strategy to counter Trump’s support for fossil fuels
They lost their case for a constitutional right to climate protection. Now they’re suing the government again.
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Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak’s dark environmental past is coming to light
A snapshot of Kodak's history includes cameras, military contracts, and a legacy of environmental damage in the communities it is a part of.
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As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy
Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.
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Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
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The ambitious plan to protect Northern California’s Plumas National Forest from wildfires
To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it — intentionally.
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The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.
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Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse’s toxic emissions are to blame
After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.
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The EPA is ending greenhouse gas data collection. Who will step up to fill the gap?
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools — and legal right — to fulfill this EPA function.
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At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse.
At many of these facilities, flooding from heavy storms has the potential to jeopardize patient care, block access to emergency rooms, and force evacuations.
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How disasters change our love lives — for better and for worse
Some couples broke under the pressure of Hurricane Helene. Others found something solid and surprising in each other.
