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![Senators Mike Lee, Shelley Moore Capito, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Martin Heinrich hold a news conference on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.]()
![Senators Mike Lee, Shelley Moore Capito, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Martin Heinrich hold a news conference on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.]()
The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart
A long-awaited permitting reform proposal would make renewables easier to build, but at a potential cost to communities and the environment.
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![Workers board up the windows of restaurant in Gulf Breeze, Florida, to prepare for Hurricane Isaias.]()
![Workers board up the windows of restaurant in Gulf Breeze, Florida, to prepare for Hurricane Isaias.]()
Hurricane Isaias is a typical storm — but it’s also ‘astounding’
Hurricane season began all the way back in June, but Isaias is the first to form in the Atlantic, smashing a previous record.
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![Collage of an Eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Red-cockaded woodpecker, North Atlantic right whale, bull trout, and Florida panther]()
![Collage of an Eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Red-cockaded woodpecker, North Atlantic right whale, bull trout, and Florida panther]()
Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act. These 10 species show what’s at stake.
Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater threats from industry and development.
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![A farmworker hauls hoses into a field to water crops.]()
![A farmworker hauls hoses into a field to water crops.]()
From the farm to your door: How our global food system exploits workers
Colonialism and land dispossession created a system based on exploitation. Climate change is making it worse.
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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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Powering data centers on nuclear? That’s a tough sell in Utah’s coal country.
To power two new data centers, Carbon County is getting a giant gas plant and 456 small nuclear reactors. Locals are pushing back.
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![A man fills a home heating oil tank with a long hose connected to a tanker truck.]()
![A man fills a home heating oil tank with a long hose connected to a tanker truck.]()
The Northeast’s reliance on heating oil is turning into a crisis
The war in Iran has sent heating oil prices soaring, and families may not be able to keep their homes warm this winter.
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The never-ending struggle to protect Georgia’s most popular beach
The sea at Tybee Island is rising half an inch a year. Now, the Army Corps of Engineers is trying a new approach to limit erosion.
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![Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court]()
![Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court]()
Supreme Court wrestles with who should pay for climate change
The Supreme Court's decision on a Colorado lawsuit against Exxon Mobil and Suncor could shape dozens of efforts to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages.
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![Commuters exit a train in Boston.]()
![Commuters exit a train in Boston.]()
The future of commuter rail could be taking shape in Boston
A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.
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![A large green field of tallgrass]()
![A large green field of tallgrass]()
The Great Plains face a surprising threat: Too many trees
Trees are usually seen as climate heroes. But across the Plains states, "woody encroachment" is crowding out the prairie.
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![Two college football players sit in front of a large fan and sip water as they attempt to keep cool during a game.]()
![Two college football players sit in front of a large fan and sip water as they attempt to keep cool during a game.]()
Extreme heat left this student athlete on life support. He won’t be the last.
Researchers have known for decades how to prevent and treat heat illness, but a patchwork of policies has left players like Matthew Mayich at risk.
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![People hand out supplies in a church]()
![People hand out supplies in a church]()
Two years after Hurricane Helene, survivors are taking lessons for the future
Western North Carolina residents are turning what they learned into solar microgrids, practical skills, and accessible spaces designed to help them weather the next disaster.
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