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![Donald Trump addresses the press from his desk in the Oval Office while men and women wearing suits and cowboy hats stand behind him]()
![Donald Trump addresses the press from his desk in the Oval Office while men and women wearing suits and cowboy hats stand behind him]()
Trump cut funding for farmers — then unlocked billions for them before Election Day
Whether it’s enough to smooth over tensions with that constituency remains to be seen.
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What’s fueling Indonesia’s worst wildfire season in a decade?
Peat fires are burning across the country, smothering one of the world's most populated countries in smoke.
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In eastern Montana, a new oil pipeline comes with perils and a potential payday
The Bridger pipeline promises landowners money, but the tar sands oil it would carry has tribal leaders worried about a spill.
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![A rocket as part of an Alaskan monument]()
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The new Cold War comes to Kodiak
The path to Trump's 'Arctic dominance' runs through this Alaskan island
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![a choropleth map of Chicago showing various shades of red indicating lead service pipe density by neighborhood]()
Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.
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First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
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![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
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![illustration of earth with wind turbines, solar panels, a ship, an excavator and protesters, with bottom of half of earth filled with chunks of minerals]()
A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
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They survived the hurricane. Their insurance company didn’t.
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Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
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Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
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How to track disaster spending in your community
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![US President Donald Trump looks on at a midterm campaign rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 20, 2026.]()
![US President Donald Trump looks on at a midterm campaign rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 20, 2026.]()
Hurricane Helene haunts the midterms in North Carolina
Two years after the deadly storm, voters are frustrated with a slow recovery — and that could carry a political price.
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![An Indigenous woman who supports Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva carries a national flag during a campaign event.]()
![An Indigenous woman who supports Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva carries a national flag during a campaign event.]()
For Indigenous peoples in Brazil, the election results offer a reprieve — not a resolution
Lula’s reelection kept an ally in the presidency, but a rightward shift in Congress leaves Indigenous leaders facing more battles.
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![orange soil and a horizion line with trees cut across the bottom 1/4th of the image, a large piece of yellow machinery seen sitting on top of the horizon line, in the distance metal towers poke up out of the horizon line, one of them has a large flame on top]()
Trump’s EPA is letting America’s leakiest oil and gas companies off the hook
The proposal would save the oil and gas companies billions by letting them leak more methane. It could also worsen global warming for decades.
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![A crowd of supporters with signs stands behind rows of filing boxes on a curb]()
High power bills, blackouts land Michigan utilities on the ballot
A ballot measure could test the limits of how states can curb corporate influence in politics.
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As extreme heat worsens, renters are gaining a ‘right to cooling’
New laws are treating cooling as a necessity rather than a luxury, though what landlords must provide varies widely.
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![Will Lawrence speaks at the Mason city council data center town hall in September of 2026.]()
![Will Lawrence speaks at the Mason city council data center town hall in September of 2026.]()
The Michigan climate candidate courting opponents of Big Solar
Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence is navigating backlash against data centers — and clean energy — in his bid for Congress.
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Thwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how.
The "Doomsday Glacier" could drown coastlines around the world. And the outlook is getting worse.
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Climate change rarely goes on trial. This one could be a landmark.
Fifteen young Canadians say their government’s failure to curb emissions violates their constitutional right to life, liberty, and security.
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