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![An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico seen from the shoreline at Fort Morgan, Alabama.]()
![An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico seen from the shoreline at Fort Morgan, Alabama.]()
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
Citing the Iran war, the administration let oil companies take actions that are likely to threaten an endangered whale.
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![This aerial image taken on March 14, 2023 shows a tractor carrying oranges driving through an orchard in Arcadia, Florida.]()
![This aerial image taken on March 14, 2023 shows a tractor carrying oranges driving through an orchard in Arcadia, Florida.]()
With its new farm bill, Florida’s climate fight just hit a tractor-sized roadblock
The sweeping new law enshrines farmers' use of gas-powered equipment and weakens protections for conservation lands, locking the state's climate-battered ag sector into fossil fuel dependence.
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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.
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![Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles refinery is one of the last operating refineries in California. Fuel prices in the state have surged amid the Iran conflict.]()
![Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles refinery is one of the last operating refineries in California. Fuel prices in the state have surged amid the Iran conflict.]()
California’s fossil fuel phaseout has left it vulnerable to the Iran oil shock
The Trump administration and major refiners are using the war to justify restarting oil production and weakening climate rules.
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![Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence]()
![Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence]()
Iran was already running out of water. Then came the ‘war on infrastructure.’
Drought, a legacy of overpumping, and now military strikes are driving the country’s fragile water and food systems to the brink.
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![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds
The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
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A look behind the scenes of what could be Google’s biggest test of carbon capture
Documents indicate that the tech company may be planning a massive natural gas-powered data center project in Nebraska — but it could hinge on one piece of legislation.
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![barrels labeled radioactive LSA and hazardous waste]()
![barrels labeled radioactive LSA and hazardous waste]()
Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’
Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.
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![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration
Trump’s energy secretary says he’s canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. The Biden official who made those loans says the number is “fake.”
