Scientists have a dire new warning about the state of the planet
As the end of 2025 approaches, regular folk take stock of the past year, and maybe ponder their New Year’s
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Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
In January 2020, Danny Ray started a complicated job with the Oklahoma agency that regulates oil and gas. The petroleum
Read MoreTrump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level
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The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom
A new kind of gold rush is sweeping the West, and this time the prize isn’t minerals but megawatts. From
Read MoreIn New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die
They don’t build many basements in Breezy Point anymore, but Ed Power’s got one. Breezy Point is a remote stretch
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What we lost when cars won
When automobiles first started tearing through American streets a century ago, they weren’t exactly welcome. One of the main problems
Read MoreHow Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast
History is unfolding in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Hurricane Melissa has spun up into an extraordinarily dangerous Category 5
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Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff
The city of Clyde sits about two hours west of Fort Worth on the plains of north Texas. It gets
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Trump targets federal employees working on conservation and environmental protection
The Trump administration moved last Monday to slash federal jobs across two key environmental and conservation agencies, targeting employees who
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
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