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![An electrician working with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company, or HVAC, prepares the Mitsubishi condenser/compressor used to connect a residential heat pump system July 21, 2025 in Charlotte, Vermont.]()
![An electrician working with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company, or HVAC, prepares the Mitsubishi condenser/compressor used to connect a residential heat pump system July 21, 2025 in Charlotte, Vermont.]()
Energy projects across the country are in limbo after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.
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![A row of energy-star-certified washing machines.]()
![A row of energy-star-certified washing machines.]()
The unlikely coalition fighting to keep Energy Star labels on your appliances
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it.
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Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected
Your guide to federal funding cuts, plus resources for farmers and food businesses seeking support and solutions.
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![Collage of forest, Trump, and blue and red squares]()
Can protecting nature be nonpartisan?
A conservative push for environmental stewardship clashes with federal policies that expand drilling, logging, and deregulation.
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The USDA announced the cancellation of $148M in ‘woke’ grants. Then it went dark.
Farms, ranches, and food organizations brace for cuts, but the federal agency won’t say who’s next.
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Trump’s EPA is attacking its own power to fight climate change
The decision could have far-reaching consequences — including for the fossil fuel industry, which may find itself exposed to a flood of new litigation.
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Trump’s environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here’s how.
The president’s rollbacks and funding cuts are affecting your food, water, and air — even if you don’t realize it.
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![digital collage of three people on a beach walking away from the camera with a setting sun and seaweed border]()
Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
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![Former United States Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, right, tours the new 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight Solar Farm with officials during a dedication ceremony for the facility on February 9, 2015 in Desert Center, California.]()
![Former United States Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, right, tours the new 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight Solar Farm with officials during a dedication ceremony for the facility on February 9, 2015 in Desert Center, California.]()
Will new Interior Department rules shackle wind and solar? Insiders are divided.
We know new Interior Department rules will slow wind and solar development — but we don’t yet know how much.
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This EPA research office safeguarded Americans’ health. Trump just eliminated it.
The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to lead.
