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Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from President Trump's executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation.
Rents jumped 20 percent after this year’s Los Angeles wildfires, forcing displaced residents to scramble for housing in an already-tough market.
The Sunshine State built more large-scale solar than California last year and was again number two for residential, despite state leadership opposed to climate action.
A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
A unanimous decision will allow a controversial Utah oil project to go forward, while easing climate review standards for future major energy projects.
Climate change's latest mystery came from Greenland's melting ice sheet.
The White House is revoking its own authority to oversee implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act — and leaving a bureaucratic mess in its wake.
Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than scientists thought.
A poll finds less than one-third of Americans want a fully electric home. That number jumps to 60 percent if people can continue cooking with methane.