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For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.
Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.
Indigenous leaders warn the U.N. that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence data centers threatens their rights.
As President Trump pushes seabed mining, the bid by an American startup reveals the limits of island nations' control over their neighboring waters.
As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 277 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.
A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.
According to Indigenous legal experts, the freeze erodes the little trust Indian country has in the federal government.
And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.
It’s a towering example of the contentious debate over what to do with the state’s ever-growing supply of oilfield waste.