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Trump weakened the understaffed National Weather Service. Some in the storms' paths wonder if those cuts contributed to the death toll.
The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...
After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.
The agency quietly removed webpages on rural energy, climate-smart agriculture, and federal loans — until farmers sued.
In the past, winters were so cold that she could walk on the ice that naturally formed over the creek. Now it no longer ...
While Solar for All funds languish, the state continues to lag behind most of the nation when it comes to renewable energy.
Nationwide, tens of thousands of Indigenous households use firewood to help heat their homes. That’s why the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is making sure their elders have the chopped wood ...
A new podcast series digs into what drove these activists to pull these shocking stunts — and whether they actually work. In 2023, Alessandra Ram and Samantha Oltman, two journalists who met at Wired ...
Renée Sharp, director of plastics and petrochemical advocacy at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, called this ...
A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants ...
Decades after flooding drove his family from their Louisiana home, June returns to replant the land, and grapple with its legacy.
Nearly 30 billion-dollar storms rocked the United States last year. Thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s disaster tracking database, we know that catastrophes are ...