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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]()
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]()
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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![Close up photo of vineyard grapevines with dried leaves]()
![Close up photo of vineyard grapevines with dried leaves]()
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.
