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![A blue truck drives along an unpaved section of a road cutting through the Amazon rainforest]()
![A blue truck drives along an unpaved section of a road cutting through the Amazon rainforest]()
A trip down the road that will determine the fate of the Amazon
The BR-319 runs through a largely untouched stretch of the rainforest. A new initiative to pave it could put the Amazon and the global climate at risk.
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![A collage of the island of American Samoa, protesters from CNMI, a panel with leaders from US territories, and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero]()
![A collage of the island of American Samoa, protesters from CNMI, a panel with leaders from US territories, and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero]()
She governs a US territory. But she has no say in who mines its waters.
Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump's deep-sea mining ambitions in the Pacific.
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![A Ukrainian flag flies behind solar panel]()
![A Ukrainian flag flies behind solar panel]()
As Russia attacks Ukraine’s grid, solar offers a path to resilience
With help from government incentives, Ukrainian businesses and households are increasingly investing in solar.
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![Pedestrians carry water bottles and fans under the sun]()
Yes, this summer really was as hot as you think it was
“The numbers are just really mind-boggling."
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Energy
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With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem
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Michigan invests $7.5M to find out if it’s sitting on a clean energy gold mine
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The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
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On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
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Staff Picks
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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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![digital collage of photo of damaged house, man looking at bills and covering his mouth, with red jagged cutouts showing invoice details on top]()
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
Past extreme weather series
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Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?
Thousands of them have died in the last decade, and environmental groups might sue the Trump administration for ignoring their plight.
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![Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026.]()
![Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026.]()
Trump topples the last pillar of Biden’s climate agenda
With the repeal of a rule that limited carbon emissions from power plants, the president is further delaying the phaseout of coal.
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![A man holds an antenna on a tiny solar panel]()
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America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.
Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.
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As extreme weather worsens, Black and Hispanic homeowners are paying more for insurance
Residents in predominantly Hispanic communities in Florida are paying on average $5,014 more annually for their policies, a new report says.
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![photo of coal plant and smokestacks at night with trees and a river]()
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A federal judge just told Trump there’s no ‘emergency’ to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open
It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
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America’s houseplants come at a steep price for greenhouse workers
The people who grow houseplants aren't often thought of as agricultural workers, but they face many of the same hardships — especially in extreme heat.
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More than 70% of new solar is being built in states that voted for Trump
Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.
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![A truck driver fills his big-rig with diesel fuel. A sign in the background indicates the price is four dollars and ninety-nine cents a gallon.]()
![A truck driver fills his big-rig with diesel fuel. A sign in the background indicates the price is four dollars and ninety-nine cents a gallon.]()
What the record-high cost of diesel means for you
Most Americans don't buy diesel, but the soaring costs of trucking and shipping goods have cost the average household $350.
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