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![President Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin stand in front of a podium at the White House]()
![President Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin stand in front of a podium at the White House]()
Trump just killed the EPA’s ability to fight climate change. It may backfire.
The EPA’s repeal of the “endangerment finding” could threaten automakers and oil companies — if it survives in court.
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![US president Donald Trump and Argentina president Javier Milei shake hands at the World Economic Forum while seated at a table against a blue backdrop]()
![US president Donald Trump and Argentina president Javier Milei shake hands at the World Economic Forum while seated at a table against a blue backdrop]()
Trump’s beef trade deal is a lose-lose gamble that won’t lower prices
There’s no two ways about it: Eating more beef is bad for the planet and the climate.
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![trucks lined up in a manufacturing plant]()
![trucks lined up in a manufacturing plant]()
The US lost $35B in clean energy projects last year
A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs.
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![Man standing in field is harvesting rice]()
![Man standing in field is harvesting rice]()
The US government says it is falling short on its legal duties to tribal nations
A new government report finds that federal agencies are unprepared to expand shared stewardship with tribes as climate pressures intensify.
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![Close up of President Trump]()
Trump’s ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ for polluters faces its latest test in court
The president exempted about 40 medical sterilization companies from Biden-era emissions standards. A new lawsuit challenges his authority.
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![Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs following a news conference at FEMA's headquarters on January 24, 2026.]()
![Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs following a news conference at FEMA's headquarters on January 24, 2026.]()
Turmoil at FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem
The homeland security secretary has all but halted the agency’s disaster spending.
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![A white and light brown owl stares into the camera]()
![A white and light brown owl stares into the camera]()
Visiting Oregon? You may soon have to pay a tax to protect its wildlife.
A bill in the legislature would increase the state’s hotel and lodging taxes by 1.25 percent.
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![cartoon mascot of a lump of coal wearing a hard hat, safety vest, and boots]()
![cartoon mascot of a lump of coal wearing a hard hat, safety vest, and boots]()
Why the government is trying to make coal cute
Trump said coal needed better PR. Then Coalie showed up.
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![A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in the United States.]()
![A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in the United States.]()
Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it.
To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”
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![A creek running through a wetland arrives at a lake of meltwater created by the Russell Glacier in the Isunngua Highlands near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.]()
![A creek running through a wetland arrives at a lake of meltwater created by the Russell Glacier in the Isunngua Highlands near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.]()
A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous
Climate change is opening up previously inaccessible land and sea, boosting global interest in Greenland.
