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Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
Republican lawmakers want to use the Congressional Review Act to permanently erase federal land use plans in Alaska — and beyond.
A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants.
And it’s getting worse with extreme heat.
Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.
The tick that causes Lyme can also spread babesiosis — and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don't know about it.
