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All 10 of the country’s most at-risk counties are in the South, according to the Climate Vulnerability Index, and half of them are in Louisiana.
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try other parts of the cacao fruit?
Aging infrastructure is to blame for Winter Storm Fern’s weather outages — and for recent price spikes.
A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales.
Trump’s attacks on bedrock environmental and climate laws are inherently fragile — and could reflect the president’s preference for political dominance over lasting change.
Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.
For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.
Indigenous leaders warn the U.N. that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence data centers threatens their rights.