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A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and millions already spent: inside the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die.
And why we should have.
Advocates allege the state hindered Black residents from receiving critical federal funds.
In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."
New research links more than 150,000 infant deaths to 30 monsoons in the South Asian country.
Millions brace for more record-setting heat as temperatures climb further into the triple digits.
The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the eastern United States.