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Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.
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.
Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
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.
The tick that causes Lyme can also spread babesiosis — and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don't know about it.
