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![Contestants in a fishing tournament use hand-held nets to catch Asian carp as they leap from the water near Bath, Illinois.]()
![Contestants in a fishing tournament use hand-held nets to catch Asian carp as they leap from the water near Bath, Illinois.]()
Illinois must protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. A toxic mess stands in the way.
Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ash pollution.
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Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
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How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa
Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way.
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Solar apprenticeships give Virginia students a head start on clean energy
A regional partnership aims to train young people in anticipation of increasing demand for renewable energy-focused jobs in the heart of coal country.
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Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’
Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years.
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![Aerial view of a parking lot with three cars parked. In between them are empty parking spaces with the text]()
![Aerial view of a parking lot with three cars parked. In between them are empty parking spaces with the text]()
The Senate just voted to block California’s gas car ban
Legal experts say Congress misused a federal law to do so, potentially “opening up a Pandora’s box it cannot close.”
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![Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, walks towards reporters flanked by members of the House.]()
![Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, walks towards reporters flanked by members of the House.]()
Moderate Republicans defended Biden’s climate law — then voted to repeal it
House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
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The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica
Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.
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![A man surveys the remains of the home where his father and step-mother lived. They were among those killed when a tornado hit London, Kentucky.]()
![A man surveys the remains of the home where his father and step-mother lived. They were among those killed when a tornado hit London, Kentucky.]()
The Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over weather service warning systems
Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
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![Collage of glacier, salmon, miner, and map of Alaska]()
![Collage of glacier, salmon, miner, and map of Alaska]()
Who will benefit from melting glaciers?
In a remote corner of North America, salmon and mining companies are vying for new territory.
