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Federal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business.
Federal investigators found that Alabama neglected a Black community's sewage and sanitation needs — then punished them for the results.
Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires.
As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.
Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching on fire. So why are there plans to build several near Yosemite's tinderbox forests?
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.
Lawmakers wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
