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After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.
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![Collage of aerial view of Hurricane Helene damage in North Carolina, Trump and Franklin Graham, people praying with their arms raised, Trump's GoFundMe page, and a dollar bill]()
![Collage of aerial view of Hurricane Helene damage in North Carolina, Trump and Franklin Graham, people praying with their arms raised, Trump's GoFundMe page, and a dollar bill]()
Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
The presidential campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.
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![shot of wetlands in central illinois]()
![shot of wetlands in central illinois]()
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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![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
Trump DOJ seeks to kill Vermont law that makes Big Oil pay for climate harm
The Justice Department asked a judge to shut down the "Superfund" law that requires major polluters to pay for carbon emissions.
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![Collage of worker carrying solar panel, archival material from Sun Day 1978, and view of Capitol building]()
![Collage of worker carrying solar panel, archival material from Sun Day 1978, and view of Capitol building]()
The politics of renewables are getting stranger. ‘Sun Day’ celebrates them anyway.
The national day of action arrives at a time when clean energy is becoming more polarized.
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![RFK Jr. and Brooke Rollins hold up ice cream cones]()
![RFK Jr. and Brooke Rollins hold up ice cream cones]()
How climate change is fueling your sugar addiction
Rising temperatures are feeding America's sweet tooth — and creating a new public health challenge in the process.
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![Oil pump jacks with the sun setting in the background]()
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How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream
Trump promised boom times for the U.S. oil industry. They're laying off staff and reducing spending instead.
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![A double rainbow is seen from the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska.]()
![A double rainbow is seen from the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska.]()
Republicans are using an arcane oversight rule to permanently dismantle federal land protections
Republican lawmakers want to use the Congressional Review Act to permanently erase federal land use plans in Alaska — and beyond.
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![Voting stickers are seen in the Georgia primary on election day, May 24th, 2022]()
![Voting stickers are seen in the Georgia primary on election day, May 24th, 2022]()
How to get Georgia voters to turn out for the PSC election? Talk about their power bills.
Campaigns and activists are racing to educate voters on the Public Service Commission, elected officials with power over energy bills and climate action.
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![Several smokestacks stand in the background with one belching smoke and in the foreground are trees and an American flag]()
![Several smokestacks stand in the background with one belching smoke and in the foreground are trees and an American flag]()
US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.
