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![Senator John Boozman leans over and appears to whisper something to Senator Mitch McConnell at a Senate Agriculture Committee meeting.]()
![Senator John Boozman leans over and appears to whisper something to Senator Mitch McConnell at a Senate Agriculture Committee meeting.]()
Has the farm bill hit a dead end?
What was once a bipartisan slam dunk has now become a hyper-politicized game of chicken, with hunger, nutrition, and conservation programs on the line.
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Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick
“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.”
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![A man throws a cardboard box away amid piles of bottled water]()
![A man throws a cardboard box away amid piles of bottled water]()
Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water
Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”
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Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest
As Congress considers the next five years of transportation spending, proposed transit funding reductions could fall heavily on rural communities with limited service.
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![Roof of a Data Center in Atlanta, Georgia]()
In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers
Concerned residents accused the commission of serving Georgia Power and data centers, not the public. Will their discontent sway November’s election?
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The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words
The Trump administration has upended protections for hundreds of endangered species by redefining the words "take" and "harm."
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Juneau can’t stop the floods, but it’s learning to see them coming
An online forecasting tool translates complex glacier data into information that gives residents and officials more time to prepare and respond.
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![A blue truck drives along an unpaved section of a road cutting through the Amazon rainforest]()
![A blue truck drives along an unpaved section of a road cutting through the Amazon rainforest]()
A trip down the road that will determine the fate of the Amazon
The BR-319 runs through a largely untouched stretch of the rainforest. A new initiative to pave it could put the Amazon and the global climate at risk.
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Interactive: The fishbone effect
The fishbone effect Satellite images from the Brazilian state of Rondônia show how highways act as conduits for deforestation in the Amazon, opening up new lands to logging and ranching. 1975 Play Source: USGS EROS Earthshots / LandsatClayton Aldern / Grist
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![A collage of the island of American Samoa, protesters from CNMI, a panel with leaders from US territories, and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero]()
![A collage of the island of American Samoa, protesters from CNMI, a panel with leaders from US territories, and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero]()
She governs a US territory. But she has no say in who mines its waters.
Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump's deep-sea mining ambitions in the Pacific.
