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![The LA skyline is blotted with brownish smog]()
![The LA skyline is blotted with brownish smog]()
Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
The American Lung Association report comes amid the EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections.
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![An aerial image of an industrial complex set on an island.]()
Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?
The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.
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![A man stands on sandbags next to a building as waves lap behind him]()
![A man stands on sandbags next to a building as waves lap behind him]()
A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view
Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation.
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![Two cooling towers have a Google logo on them and a Texas and US flag draped over another]()
![Two cooling towers have a Google logo on them and a Texas and US flag draped over another]()
Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year
The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.
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![Reddish pumpjacks stand in the desert]()
![Reddish pumpjacks stand in the desert]()
Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico
A lawsuit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells and expenses on states.
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![A field of yellow and green corn spreads out on the horizon]()
![A field of yellow and green corn spreads out on the horizon]()
Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?
An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.
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![People in green uniforms stand around in a circle in a forest]()
![People in green uniforms stand around in a circle in a forest]()
Forest Service overhaul sows confusion and concern
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, there are painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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![A sea of black solar panels covers a grass field]()
![A sea of black solar panels covers a grass field]()
‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California
A sweeping plan to build 21 gigawatts of solar plus batteries on 136,000 acres could be a lifeline for Central Valley farmers facing devastating water shortages.
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![A nuclear plant with blue buildings sits on the edge of a lake]()
![A nuclear plant with blue buildings sits on the edge of a lake]()
DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
Staffers from DOGE are revamping rules in ways to ease regulations and provide financial breaks for industry.
