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![cooling towers near a sign for drax power station]()
![cooling towers near a sign for drax power station]()
The UK quit coal. But is burning Louisiana’s trees any better?
How Britain's new "green energy" depends on cutting down forests in the Deep South.
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![The research ship Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, is shown berthed in Shimizu, Japan.]()
![The research ship Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, is shown berthed in Shimizu, Japan.]()
Japan’s unprecedented project could test the limits of deep-sea mining
Japan is spending five weeks mining the seafloor. It is a technological milestone — and a stress test for how nations balance geopolitics, clean energy demand, and environmental risk.
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![A creek running through a wetland arrives at a lake of meltwater created by the Russell Glacier in the Isunngua Highlands near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.]()
![A creek running through a wetland arrives at a lake of meltwater created by the Russell Glacier in the Isunngua Highlands near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.]()
A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous
Climate change is opening up previously inaccessible land and sea, boosting global interest in Greenland.
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![an illustration of a hand picking a water bottle out of a puddle or river. Along the banks, trash such as cans and plastic bags gather. TIny mosquitos dot the expanse of water between banks]()
![an illustration of a hand picking a water bottle out of a puddle or river. Along the banks, trash such as cans and plastic bags gather. TIny mosquitos dot the expanse of water between banks]()
In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladeshi cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.
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![Three Iranian women sit in a group talking on a stone sidewalk along the dried-up riverbed]()
![Three Iranian women sit in a group talking on a stone sidewalk along the dried-up riverbed]()
Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions, and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down.
Decades of water depletion, dam building, and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling the protests rocking the country.
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![Collage of simple house shape with a photo of a super computer used for its walls]()
![Collage of simple house shape with a photo of a super computer used for its walls]()
These Finnish homes are being heated by a surprising source: Bitcoin
Can the reuse of crypto mining’s waste heat redeem its carbon footprint?
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![a dirt road separates forest from land cleared for agricultural production]()
![a dirt road separates forest from land cleared for agricultural production]()
A major agreement to protect the Amazon is falling apart after 20 years
Amid changing political headwinds, the moratorium on soy-driven deforestation is in danger. What now?
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![President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025, in New York City.]()
![President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025, in New York City.]()
Trump just took his most dramatic step yet against global climate action
Unlike the Paris Agreement, Trump’s withdrawal from a bedrock U.N. climate treaty may be difficult to reverse.
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![Trump stands behind Pete Hegseth at a podium]()
![Trump stands behind Pete Hegseth at a podium]()
Trump invaded Venezuela to restore an oil industry he helped destroy
U.S. sanctions helped cause the near-total collapse of Venezuelan oil production — damage that President Trump is now using as justification for his military strike against the country.
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![A man holds a placard showing President Donald Trump drinking from a barrel of oil during a protest outside the American embassy in Madrid. Trump has justified his abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by claiming the United States will help tap Venezuela's oil reserves.]()
![A man holds a placard showing President Donald Trump drinking from a barrel of oil during a protest outside the American embassy in Madrid. Trump has justified his abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by claiming the United States will help tap Venezuela's oil reserves.]()
Trump says he’ll unleash Venezuela’s oil. But who wants it?
As oil prices fall and demand nears a peak, exploiting Venezuela’s heavy crude reserves won’t be as easy as Trump thinks.
