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Tens of thousands of Omahans have lead in their yards at levels that experts say is dangerous, especially for kids. Growing momentum to do more cleanup in what’s already the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site now may stall.
Trump said coal needed better PR. Then Coalie showed up.
Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.
In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn't pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an "energy emergency."
A new study finds that the country's 28 most populous metros are losing elevation, from New York City to Seattle.
The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.
Critics said the decision was "fatally flawed" and won't allow for a “just and equitable energy transition.”
A perfect storm of hurricanes, diseases, and water scarcity threatens to wipe out the state's famed citrus industry.
But developing countries need trillions more.
