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![Senators stand together under rotunda]()
How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs
Analysts agree on one thing: Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household.
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![A field of cut down trees extends toward the forest and mountains]()
Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world
Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.
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![Lagoons in Alaska]()
Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining
Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed.
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![An older man gestures while standing in front of a copse of tall trees]()
As Trump comes after research, Forest Service scientists keep working
Scientists describe how they’re preparing for the upcoming field season despite the challenges.
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![A man in a suit signs a piece of paper with people clapping behind him]()
Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment
A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law this week.
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![A person stands on a dirt road and inspects a rusty carbon capture well]()
![A person stands on a dirt road and inspects a rusty carbon capture well]()
What’s likely to survive from Biden’s climate law? The controversial stuff.
Most of the incentives left off the chopping block are those favored by oil and gas companies.
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![President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson]()
![President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson]()
Trump’s budget bill is on the verge of transforming how America eats
The drastic policy shifts will make it harder on those who grow food — and on those struggling to afford to eat.
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Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
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How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa
Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way.
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![Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, walks towards reporters flanked by members of the House.]()
![Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, walks towards reporters flanked by members of the House.]()
Moderate Republicans defended Biden’s climate law — then voted to repeal it
House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
