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![President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson]()
![President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson]()
Trump’s budget bill is on the verge of transforming how America eats
The drastic policy shifts will make it harder on those who grow food — and on those struggling to afford to eat.
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![Photo of Sara Kehaulani Goo beside book cover for Kuleana]()
![Photo of Sara Kehaulani Goo beside book cover for Kuleana]()
In her new book, ‘Kuleana,’ Sara Kehaulani Goo fights to keep her family’s land
A Q&A with the Native Hawaiian author on what she learned writing her memoir.
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![Ione Quigley, the Rosebud Sioux's historic preservation officer,]()
![Ione Quigley, the Rosebud Sioux's historic preservation officer,]()
How the Trump administration is putting hundreds of sacred sites at risk
Indigenous nations are facing impossible deadlines and vanishing budgets amid sweeping federal rollbacks.
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![Dark view of a factory with plume emitting from a chimney and cars parked in the parking lot.]()
![Dark view of a factory with plume emitting from a chimney and cars parked in the parking lot.]()
‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
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![Smoke and steam rise from the stacks at an industrial pulp mill alongside a river.]()
![Smoke and steam rise from the stacks at an industrial pulp mill alongside a river.]()
Paper plants can emit as much CO2 as oil refineries. They’re flying under the radar.
Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment have helped fuel pollution that may be undercounted by 350 percent.
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![A worker sifts through cans in a blue tub]()
![A worker sifts through cans in a blue tub]()
This Portland collective keeps the city clean — and helps unhoused people find stability
“There’s this stigma that if you’re homeless, then you’re useless. But collecting bottles and cans — it is work."
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![A man rides a bicycle in a park in front of lush fall foliage]()
![A man rides a bicycle in a park in front of lush fall foliage]()
Mayors are making climate action personal. It’s working.
As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one.
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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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![An aerial image of cattle at the southern border]()
![An aerial image of cattle at the southern border]()
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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![shot of wetlands in central illinois]()
![shot of wetlands in central illinois]()
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.
