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Logging doesn’t prevent wildfires, but Trump is trying it anyway
The Agriculture Department is opening more than 112 million acres of federal forests to logging in a misguided bid to prevent fires and boost timber production.
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New York City is making people compost — or pay up
New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.
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![A sign that says Palisades Elementary School with a fire truck standing in the street next to it]()
After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned
The dispute between two Los Angeles-area districts raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster.
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![US President Donald Trump looks on after signing an executive order in the Oval Office.]()
![US President Donald Trump looks on after signing an executive order in the Oval Office.]()
Why Trump’s executive order targeting state climate laws is probably illegal
President Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue.
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![A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
![A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
Trump axed a rule designed to spare taxpayers the burden of future flooding
The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.
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How Trump’s war on climate and equity is impacting ‘woke investing’
Shifting political and regulatory winds have led to fewer shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues.
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Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
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The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
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![Collage of Texas thornforest, white-tipped dove, and a man looking out at a field]()
![Collage of Texas thornforest, white-tipped dove, and a man looking out at a field]()
The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.
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In New England, Canadian hydropower has slowed to an ominous trickle
Whether due to drought, prices, or politics, the weekslong disappearance of Canadian hydropower from New England’s grid exposes risks for the region.
