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Hurricane season is over. Here’s why the US never got hit.
For the first time in a decade, the country avoided landfall, thanks to an atmospheric anomaly. But this hurricane season was exceptional in other bad ways, too.
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![A fence cuts across the dry landscape of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.]()
![A fence cuts across the dry landscape of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.]()
A drying Great Salt Lake is spewing toxic dust. It could cost Utah billions.
Instead of waiting for more data, a new report lays out the case for action.
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![A huge white cruise ship sits in turquoise blue waters off the shore]()
![A huge white cruise ship sits in turquoise blue waters off the shore]()
Hawaiʻi’s green fee is the latest climate effort challenged by Trump
The Department of Justice wants to join the cruise ship industry’s lawsuit against the state over a new tax on passengers visiting the islands.
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![A man in a baseball cap uses tools on an electrical panel]()
![A man in a baseball cap uses tools on an electrical panel]()
New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
The program aims to use federal funds awarded under the Biden administration to deploy more than 500,000 heat pumps in the chilly region over the next few years.
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![Photos of a worker in a construction vest using a leaf blowers to clear leaves from an areas with trees and shrubs]()
![Photos of a worker in a construction vest using a leaf blowers to clear leaves from an areas with trees and shrubs]()
Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?
Cities and states are trying to ditch America's most hated appliance. They're running into challenges.
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![A photograph of the glass-paneled headquarters of FEMA.]()
![A photograph of the glass-paneled headquarters of FEMA.]()
FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
Internal turmoil and delayed aid expose the agency's fragility under Trump.
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![An illustration of a man sitting in a clinic or hospital with dialysis machines. His face is not visible but he is looking out a window showing an orange heatwave scene. The room scene is visible through an archway with intricate blue and white tile and a sign in a different language. The scene is set in Nepal.]()
![An illustration of a man sitting in a clinic or hospital with dialysis machines. His face is not visible but he is looking out a window showing an orange heatwave scene. The room scene is visible through an archway with intricate blue and white tile and a sign in a different language. The scene is set in Nepal.]()
Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers
Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labor, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.
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![NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, ALASKA - MAY 9: A grizzly bear walks on the tundra underneath a portion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) near the Dalton Highway on May 9, 2025 about 10 miles north of Atigun Pass in North Slope Borough, Alaska. The Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11) stretches 414 miles across northern Alaska from Livengood (53 miles north of Fairbanks) to Prudhoe Bay. The 800-mile-long pipeline pushes oil from Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)]()
![NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, ALASKA - MAY 9: A grizzly bear walks on the tundra underneath a portion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) near the Dalton Highway on May 9, 2025 about 10 miles north of Atigun Pass in North Slope Borough, Alaska. The Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11) stretches 414 miles across northern Alaska from Livengood (53 miles north of Fairbanks) to Prudhoe Bay. The 800-mile-long pipeline pushes oil from Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)]()
Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
The Trump administration's proposed rollbacks open the door for more drilling, mining, and logging.
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![Lower half of a woman carrying a sign that reads water > data centers]()
How to make data centers less thirsty
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: Build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy.
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![a wawa convenience store sign with its logo visible]()
![a wawa convenience store sign with its logo visible]()
How gas stations can become the best place to charge your EV
Fuel retailers are betting that fast chargers, clean bathrooms, and tasty snacks will draw EV drivers — and keep their stations central to how motorists refuel.
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![Birds sitting on marshlands]()
![Birds sitting on marshlands]()
Illinois has few remaining wetlands. A Trump administration proposal could decimate what’s left.
If the rule takes effect, more than two-thirds of Illinois’ wetlands could lose federal protections.
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![Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech during the General Plenary of Leaders in the framework of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on November 6, 2025.]()
![Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech during the General Plenary of Leaders in the framework of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on November 6, 2025.]()
10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal
This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
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