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Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that…Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.
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As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school,…How a Koch-funded campaign is trying to reverse climate action in Vermont
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This story is a partnership between VTDigger and Grist. For about two decades, Americans for…We now know just how much climate change supercharged Hurricane Katrina
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Two decades ago, Hurricane Katrina spun up like a massive atmospheric engine, using warm ocean water…20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’s levees are sinking and short on money
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It has been 20 years since New Orleans’ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina,…Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
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Should you be worried about climate change? The answer used to be debatable — literally. Way back…As the Trump administration shrinks the USDA, rural farming communities are left to pay the price
Aug 27, 2025, 4:15 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with…Trump administration halts construction of nearly finished offshore wind farm
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It happened again. For the second time this year, the Trump administration has halted the…‘Alligator Alcatraz’ must close, but the fight isn’t over
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The Miccosukee Tribe makes its home in the Florida Everglades, where a tribal village sits only a…Alligator Alcatraz must close, but the fight isn’t over
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The Miccosukee Tribe makes its home in the Everglades, where a tribal village sits only a few miles…FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address
Aug 24, 2025, 9:00 am By Molly Taft, WIRED
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will now require disaster survivors to register for federal…A coal-fired plant in Michigan was supposed to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1M a day.
Aug 23, 2025, 9:00 am By Oliver Milman, The Guardian
Donald Trump has made several unusual moves to elongate the era of coal, such as giving the…In the wake of destructive floods, Wisconsin youth sue state utility regulator over failure to consider climate change
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On August 9 and 10, a massive storm over southeastern Wisconsin dropped up to 13 inches of rain in…Antarctica is in extreme peril
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Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents — a great sheet of ice…How Texas flood relief got caught in a high-stakes political battle
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In early July, flash floods along the Guadalupe River killed 138 people and caused an estimated $1.1…Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion
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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals
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The United States is home to dozens of active mines. Some extract copper, while others dig for iron.…Trump’s Interior Department is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them
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The Department of the Interior, or DOI, has such a wide-ranging set of duties that it’s sometimes…
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