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Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat
The region has added dozens of turbines off the East Coast since last summer. They and other clean energy sources cut the need for oil power amid recent hot weather.
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In Michigan, the price of energy is on the ballot and both parties know it
The GOP spent years circling the state as a key 2026 pickup opportunity. But after a lopsided election loss, doubts are creeping in.
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Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples
A new 12-point plan calls for stronger protections for Indigenous rights, lands, and voices as climate change, conflict, and other threats intensify.
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The secret to a better grid? Electric vehicles.
Despite fearmongering that EVs will crash the grid, an emerging technology will help them support it by providing backup power.
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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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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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Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
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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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![A line of cyclists competing in the Tour de France douse themselves with water to stay cool.]()
![A line of cyclists competing in the Tour de France douse themselves with water to stay cool.]()
The year climate change came for the Tour de France
Record heat, wildfire threats, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.
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![Aerial view showing timber logs near the city of Humaitá, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Deforestation -- which helps reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide -- is on the wane in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030.]()
![Aerial view showing timber logs near the city of Humaitá, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Deforestation -- which helps reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide -- is on the wane in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030.]()
Without stronger government action, Brazil’s low deforestation in the Amazon is unlikely to last
Researchers say that the rainforest is at risk of losing the equivalent of about 2 million soccer fields over the next 10 years.
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![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.
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Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet
The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.
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French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input
French Polynesia says it was "approached, but not consulted" about a Bay Area startup's plan to explore seabed mining near its marine preserve.
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As climate change threatens their lands, Indigenous nations demand more power at the UN
From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous advocates say their voices are too often ignored.
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Rising seas magnify the dangers of coastal Georgia’s industrial past
The state’s first Superfund research center is looking into how climate change is resurfacing industrial pollution.
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Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining, and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.
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