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Gas, solar, and tech companies all want this bill. Will Congress pass it?
Permitting reform is popular in Washington, but facilitating data centers is "toxic" with voters.
UN passes first declaration on sea level rise, protecting island nations’ sovereignty
The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear.
As the Pentagon expands across the Pacific, Guam offers a warning
The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next.
Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones.
Climate Reserve is quietly building a lifeline for America's lost climate workforce, one job at a time.
As climate disasters multiply, Indigenous governance offers a way forward
Indigenous communities are confronting mounting climate threats even as inadequate funding, scant legal recognition, and little support for self-governance limit their ability to respond.
This Sicilian community has endured for centuries. Can it survive a changing climate?
For centuries, the Arbëreshë of Sicily have maintained a culture rooted in farming and the land. Drought, wildfires and emigration are testing whether it can endure.
Marine protected areas aren’t as protected as you think
Only 2 percent of the ocean appears to benefit substantially from marine conservation areas, challenging a key metric of the 30x30 campaign.
Trump is backing a diesel export ban. How much would that do?
The U.S. ships millions of barrels of diesel fuel overseas each day, even as Americans face unprecedented prices at home.
Why scientists want your photos of wildlife eating lunch
With a new platform called Who Eats Whom, citizen scientists reveal the fascinating, sometimes shocking interactions between species.
Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust
Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative, and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.
A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it
Geothermal companies face tough tradeoffs over water as they aim to power the data center buildout in Western states.
Trump wants to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
The Forest Service is proposing to allow motorized vehicles on all trails, two-tracks, and roads unless it explicitly designates otherwise.
How Trump’s repeal of the greenhouse gas rule could double new emissions from Georgia
The state’s largest utility was already expanding power plants to serve data centers.
Has the farm bill hit a dead end?
What was once a bipartisan slam dunk has now become a hyper-politicized game of chicken, with hunger, nutrition, and conservation programs on the line.
Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick
“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.”
Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water
Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”
Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest
As Congress considers the next five years of transportation spending, proposed transit funding reductions could fall heavily on rural communities with limited service.
In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers
Concerned residents accused the commission of serving Georgia Power and data centers, not the public. Will their discontent sway November’s election?
The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words
The Trump administration has upended protections for hundreds of endangered species by redefining the words "take" and "harm."
Juneau can’t stop the floods, but it’s learning to see them coming
An online forecasting tool translates complex glacier data into information that gives residents and officials more time to prepare and respond.
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