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When Trump left the accords, these states tried to go all in.
Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill. One giant energy company plans to avoid the cleanup costs.
A Canadian company is drilling exploratory wells in Namibia for what could be a major oil and gas find. Local residents and conservationists fear the project could use up scarce water supplies and cause widespread ecological disruption downstream in the world-renowned Okavango Delta.
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
Scientists are racing to understand how the relationship between forests and fire is changing on a warming planet.
The Klamath Dam removals are a test case for stakeholders working together to better manage water in the West.
A new law in France aims to help keep smartphones out of the dump. It also has global implications.
Hurricane Laura has thrown the Gulf Coast’s underlying environmental health hazards and rampant industrial pollution into stark relief.
Coal country can reinvent itself — if it gets the cash
