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How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars
Efficient appliances used to have bipartisan support. What happened?
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![A close-up of someone's hands holding a green strip containing several computer chips above a disassembled computer, next to a black keyboard, on a light blue tabletop]()
![A close-up of someone's hands holding a green strip containing several computer chips above a disassembled computer, next to a black keyboard, on a light blue tabletop]()
The environmental policy backed by free-market Republicans
The right to repair can reduce emissions and pollution. But for conservatives, it's "a freedom and liberty issue."
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Whole, skim, or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches.
Offering kids nondairy milk could be a climate solution. No one's talking about it that way.
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![People stand in protest with backs to camera, wearing capes that have slogans painted on them.]()
A Chicago law could shift where heavy industry operates — and who bears the burden of pollution
As Trump dismantles protections, the ordinance is a test case for environmental justice.
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Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
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What do climate protests actually achieve? More than you think.
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.
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‘People would die’: As summer approaches, Trump is jeopardizing funding for AC
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
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Logging doesn’t prevent wildfires, but Trump is trying it anyway
The Agriculture Department is opening more than 112 million acres of federal forests to logging in a misguided bid to prevent fires and boost timber production.
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![US President Donald Trump looks on after signing an executive order in the Oval Office.]()
Why Trump’s executive order targeting state climate laws is probably illegal
President Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue.
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The USDA is unfreezing clean energy money — but ‘inviting’ grant recipients to remove DEI and climate language
The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost?
