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![A gray skyline looms over a river in a sky filled with white smoke]()
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As states line up to battle Trump over climate, Pennsylvania could be on the sidelines
Incoming Attorney General Dave Sunday didn’t mention climate change on the campaign trail, but fossil fuel donations tell a different story.
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![Profile of Rikki Held smiling at the camera, with trees in background]()
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‘We have been heard’: Montana youth score a major climate victory in court
In a 6-1 ruling, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.”
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![A woman wades through flood waters that inundated a residential area in Garissa, Kenya, following torrential rains in May, 2024.]()
![A woman wades through flood waters that inundated a residential area in Garissa, Kenya, following torrential rains in May, 2024.]()
Traditional weather forecasting is slow and expensive. AI could help.
Forecasts powered by machine learning are proving to be faster and cheaper to produce than conventional methods — and more accurate, too.
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![Elon Musk adjusts his sunglasses and Donald Trump looks on from two paces behind him. The two men are together to watch the launch of a SpaceX rocket.]()
![Elon Musk adjusts his sunglasses and Donald Trump looks on from two paces behind him. The two men are together to watch the launch of a SpaceX rocket.]()
How Elon Musk could end fossil fuel subsidies
If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging."
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![The Double Black Diamond Solar Field near Waverly, Illinois, is now powering Chicago's municipal buildings.]()
![The Double Black Diamond Solar Field near Waverly, Illinois, is now powering Chicago's municipal buildings.]()
Chicago keeps its New Year’s resolution: All city buildings now use 100% clean power
To achieve its climate goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi.
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![Outside a brick building, under a blue sky with mountains in the background, a man in a grey shirt and jeans holding a hat stands in front of a group of people seated in folding chairs.]()
![Outside a brick building, under a blue sky with mountains in the background, a man in a grey shirt and jeans holding a hat stands in front of a group of people seated in folding chairs.]()
Faith organizations have a complex relationship to disaster relief
Church volunteers feel called by Christ to help those impacted by Helene. For some, that means fulfilling a mandate to alleviate suffering. For others, it also means proselytizing.
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Three-quarters of the world’s land is drying out, ‘redefining life on Earth’
Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.
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Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
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In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator
Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area.
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![A freight train near Moab, Utah, makes its way up a steep grade]()
![A freight train near Moab, Utah, makes its way up a steep grade]()
How a fantasy oil train may help the Supreme Court gut a major environmental law
Even if the railway promoters win, here's why the train won’t get built.
