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Why a tree-planting nonprofit in Chicago is suing the Trump administration
Similar programs across the country are also struggling.
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Trump repeals America’s first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effect
The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.
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![Women hold signs in the street that say Save Noaa and Science Saves Lives]()
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‘We’re losing our environmental history’: The future of government information under Trump
The administration’s wrecking-ball approach has raised profound questions about the integrity and future of vast amounts of information.
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Forget about your carbon footprint. Try ‘climatemaxxing.’
Climate action is a guilt trip. Let’s make it aspirational instead.
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Utilities may soon pay you to help support a greener grid
Electricity usually runs one way, but EV and large home batteries could provide a vast network of backup energy to draw on.
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![An overhead view of a blue green river cutting through a desert dotted with squares of green and brown farms]()
Questions and confusion as Trump pauses key funding for shrinking Colorado River
Halted funding threatens the sustainability of the entire system, experts say.
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America’s avocado obsession is destroying Mexico’s forests. Is there a fix?
With deforestation rising and violence a constant threat, a bold initiative is using satellites to ensure U.S. supermarkets sell ethical, eco-friendly avocados.
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![A shovel is seen leaning against a mud-splattered building with a parking lot awash in mud and water from the intense floods that hit eastern Kentucky in February, 2025.]()
![A shovel is seen leaning against a mud-splattered building with a parking lot awash in mud and water from the intense floods that hit eastern Kentucky in February, 2025.]()
‘We know what it’s like’: How Appalachian towns are learning to help each other after floods
From the Kentucky floods to Helene and back again, people throughout Appalachia are using their experiences to help others through disaster.
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Bogs hold a key to climate solutions through carbon sequestration, but many have been drained
In Illinois alone, more than 90 percent of wetlands have been lost.
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Will JD Vance save the Great Lakes from Trump?
The vice president once pushed for restoration funding. Advocates hope he hasn't forgotten.
