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When Trish Leigey’s taps started running brown and foul in late 2019, she had an uneasy suspicion…No, rolling back these environmental rules won’t lower your grocery bill
Jun 4, 2026, 4:30 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a…New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.
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Electric vehicles offer many opportunities to save money: on gas, on oil changes, on engine…The fight to protect pollinators and people from the ‘pesticides that are everywhere’
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Born and raised in Colorado, Cory Kreft began working on a honey farm at 15 years old. He returned…US host cities made transit improvements a World Cup goooooooal
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The latest addition to Seattle’s already impressive public transit system opened to great fanfare…A simple — yet expensive — way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines
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Power lines across the country weren’t designed for a changing climate, with much of the…The USDA canceled $300M in farm grants, citing fraud. Did it make up the evidence?
Mon 4:15am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at…70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge
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At first, he thought it was smoke. Jackie Onsurez was driving the bustling New Mexico highway…A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar
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A sea of solar panels is rapidly engulfing one of the world’s largest salt deserts. By 2029,…Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year
May 29, 2026, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
Katelynn Delos Reyes thought she knew what to expect when Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into Saipan last…Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?
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They never thought the fires would reach them. They lived in cities, after all, far from the…The world’s largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah’s Republican governor says ‘never.’
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A sprawling, 40,000-acre data center planned for northern Utah has stirred up controversy across the…Nike’s recycled World Cup uniforms reveal the limits of ‘circular’ fashion
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This month, athletes from 16 countries will kick off the World Cup wearing other people’s used…
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