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![Aerial shot of oil and wastewater leaking from a well in New Mexico’s Permian Basin]()
![Aerial shot of oil and wastewater leaking from a well in New Mexico’s Permian Basin]()
‘A fraudulent scheme’: New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from leaking wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Main uncovered some of these business dealings.
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![A row of fresh bagels coming out of a commercial oven]()
![A row of fresh bagels coming out of a commercial oven]()
This Brooklyn bagel shop is saving money with plug-in batteries
Startup David Energy is giving batteries to its New York City customers to help them reduce hefty demand charges on their monthly utility bills.
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![Commuters on a street in downtown Boston brace against the morning cold as a winter storm envelops 230 million Americans.]()
![Commuters on a street in downtown Boston brace against the morning cold as a winter storm envelops 230 million Americans.]()
Yes, climate change can supercharge a winter storm. Here’s how.
Feel like you're at the North Pole at the moment? There's good reason for that.
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![Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility]()
![Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility]()
Europe gets ‘green energy.’ These Southern towns get dirty air.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near wood-pellet mills say they’re getting sick.
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Politics
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Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry
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Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions, and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down.
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Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game
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After one year of Trump, is anything left of the American Climate Corps?
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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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![Health secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr. stands behind a White House branded podium, behind him to the right stands agricultural secretary Brooke Rollins and a large posterboard showing the new inverted food pyramid]()
![Health secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr. stands behind a White House branded podium, behind him to the right stands agricultural secretary Brooke Rollins and a large posterboard showing the new inverted food pyramid]()
The climate contradictions in MAHA’s new food pyramid
A Q&A with Sam Kass, a former Obama nutrition advisor, on the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines and what they mean for the climate.
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![People bear Greenlandic flags as they gather in front of the U.S. consulate protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland.]()
![People bear Greenlandic flags as they gather in front of the U.S. consulate protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland.]()
Greenland is a global model for Indigenous self-governance. Trump’s demands for the island threaten that.
Historians say underpinning Trump's talk of national security lies a longstanding pattern of American entitlement to Native land.
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The Trump EPA ended the ‘green new scam.’ A year later, communities are still paying the price.
Across the country, communities that lost grants have responded in a variety of ways — suing the government, searching for other funds, or simply moving on.
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![Close-up of Trump holding marker after signing an executive order]()
![Close-up of Trump holding marker after signing an executive order]()
How permanent is Trump’s assault on climate action?
Trump’s attacks on bedrock environmental and climate laws are inherently fragile — and could reflect the president’s preference for political dominance over lasting change.
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![photo of Donald Trump pointing, a photo of a satellite view of Earth, and graphics of charts on top]()
![photo of Donald Trump pointing, a photo of a satellite view of Earth, and graphics of charts on top]()
The consequences of Trump’s war on climate in 7 charts
Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
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![A snow-covered mountain range behind a data center]()
![A snow-covered mountain range behind a data center]()
Can you build data centers in a desert without draining the water supply? Utah is finding out.
Politicians are pushing for one of the driest states to become a haven for data centers.
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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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