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![Deb Haaland poses for an AP photographer.]()
![Deb Haaland poses for an AP photographer.]()
Deb Haaland, America’s first Native Cabinet secretary, considers her legacy
On the controversial Willow Project: "We did what needed to be done at the time."
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![People on a dark street wait in line behind a food stand illuminated by a fluorescent light. The server wears a festive hat]()
Another year, more power outages in Puerto Rico
Unstable electricity is a fact of life on the island, where privatization, underinvestment, and climate change leave the grid at constant risk of collapse.
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A secret weapon in agriculture’s climate fight: Ants
Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.
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![A teenage girl in a red tee shirt and jeans sits pensively on a bed]()
Climate change threatens the mental well-being of youths. Here’s how to help them cope.
A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”
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A filing error put more than 90,000 acres of Yakama Nation land in the hands of Washington state
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Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats
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This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world’s highest court
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The Philippines is going all-in on transition minerals and endangering Indigenous lands
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
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![illustration in the style of WPA posters of 3 electricians with electric bolts above them; a heat pump and solar panels in the background]()
To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
More climate fiction
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![An aerial view of a wildfire burning home along the beach]()
‘All hands on deck’: How Watch Duty keeps up with the California wildfires
While the destructive Los Angeles fires rage, all eyes have turned to the app that lets you track them.
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![Close-up of a sign announcing congestion pricing tolls in New York City, with a blue sky and building in the background]()
![Close-up of a sign announcing congestion pricing tolls in New York City, with a blue sky and building in the background]()
The climate benefits of NYC’s hard-won congestion pricing plan
Driving into lower Manhattan is now more expensive, but the toll promises cleaner air, safer streets, and improved subways.
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![A man stands near old-growth trees as he looks for birds on his binoculars in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.]()
![A man stands near old-growth trees as he looks for birds on his binoculars in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.]()
Biden administration axes controversial climate plan for old growth forests
Forest advocates said the National Old Growth Amendment allowed too much logging, while the timber industry called it too restrictive.
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![Photo of flames erupting into a dark sky behind homes on a hillside]()
The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common
Around the world, dramatic swings between heavy rain and drought are increasing exponentially, according to new research.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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![in a black and white photo, Jimmy Carter stands behind a podium with the presidential seal and in front of solar panels on the roof of the White House]()
![in a black and white photo, Jimmy Carter stands behind a podium with the presidential seal and in front of solar panels on the roof of the White House]()
Energy is central to American politics. That all started with Jimmy Carter.
We have yet to solve the problems that Carter confronted head-on as president.
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What made the Los Angeles wildfires so monstrous
Powerful winds and extra-dry vegetation have fueled what may become the costliest wildfires on record.
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![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.
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![Floating three levels of machinery on ocean.]()
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What’s missing from Biden’s offshore drilling ban? The western Gulf of Mexico.
That's where the U.S. gets most of its offshore oil.
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