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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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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.
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The race to build solar and wind in New York before Trump’s tax credit deadline
Trump’s megabill gives wind and solar companies one year to put as many shovels in the ground as possible. They want New York officials to help.
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A tribe in Florida joins the fight against the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigrant detention center
The Miccosukee, who make their home in the Everglades, said authorities didn't do an environmental review.
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![A volunteer displays a sign for free food for people in need of relief on July 06, 2025 in Center Point, Texas.]()
![A volunteer displays a sign for free food for people in need of relief on July 06, 2025 in Center Point, Texas.]()
Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts
The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.
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![A colorful gradient-filled image of the United States with a warm-colored bar on the bottom in the same gradient. The image moves and slowly fades away, representing the concept of climate data erasure]()
![A colorful gradient-filled image of the United States with a warm-colored bar on the bottom in the same gradient. The image moves and slowly fades away, representing the concept of climate data erasure]()
Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.
