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In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama…Beneath Greenland’s ice lies a climate solution — and a new geopolitical battleground
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Greenland’s massive cap of ice, containing enough fresh water to raise sea levels by 23 feet, is…Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed
Wed 4:42am By Anita Hofschneider
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala steadied himself on the double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa as a…Farmers are reeling from Trump’s attacks on agricultural research
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Jason Myers-Benner wants answers. Most of the time, the Virginia farmer feels “unsettled” by the…Can cities ban natural gas in new buildings? A federal judge just said yes.
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Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last…These vegan meat brands taste almost as good as the real thing. Taste tests prove it.
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Imagine this: You’re hungry. You’ve arrived at the frozen foods section of the grocery store,…Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country
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Libby Lindsay spent 21 years working underground as a miner for Bethlehem Steel in West Virginia.…Power companies would rather not clean their toxic messes. Trump’s EPA is granting their wish.
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On January 15, a group of utility companies wrote a letter to Lee Zeldin, then president-elect…Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources
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Professor Maritza Barreto Orta had planned to complete two federal funding applications crucial for…Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills
Mar 22, 2025, 9:00 am By Jeff St. John, Canary Media
The Trump administration insists that renewables are making energy more expensive and that more…A court ordered Greenpeace to pay a pipeline company $660M. What happens next?
Mar 21, 2025, 5:49 pm By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
A jury in North Dakota ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy…The EPA wants to roll back a rule that’s essential for protecting you from chemical disasters
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A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in…Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.
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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, BPR, a public radio station…The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues
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Burning oil, gas, and coal — literal fossil fuels, made from the compressed remains of ancient…‘Caught off guard’: EPA proposes to fire hundreds of scientists
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The mood was grim at a town hall meeting called by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday.…Gavin Newsom delayed his own ‘nation-leading’ plastic policy. Why?
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Three years ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed off on the country’s…Why a tree-planting nonprofit in Chicago is suing the Trump administration
Mar 20, 2025, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station…How the Klamath Dams Came Down
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