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The former coal lobbyist now leads the agency after the longest stint as acting chief in the agency’s four-decade history.
For starters, Republican Rob Bishop (who is white) suggested the panel's focus on climate change was inappropriate during Black History Month.
The lawsuit claimed that Department of Homeland Security overstepped its authority by bypassing federal environmental laws.
Look who's back in Congress.
Yes, black women are leading the green movement (and they have been for a really long time).
The largest living structure on planet Earth still has some tricks up its sleeve, err, polyps.
This “climate damages tax” could raise $300 billion a year by 2030 to help those hard hit by more severe damage from storms, wildfires, floods and rising seas.
Its construction could bring harm to sacred sites, archaeological resources, and sensitive ecosystems that the Tohono O'odham Nation relies on.
A record number of Americans now grasp that climate change is happening and that it poses a present danger.