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How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly

Under Trump, the National Renewable Energy Lab is losing ‘renewable’ from its name

The EPA was considering a massive lead cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump shifted guidance.

Top Interior Department official has ties to Thacker Pass lithium mine

A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US

2025: The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us

How a species of bamboo could help protect the South from future floods

The EPA website got the basics of climate science right. Until last week.

When Elephants Trample Your Farm, Who Do You Call?

The Navajo Nation said no to a hydropower project. Trump officials want to ensure tribes can’t do that again.

Illinois families are going electric — for free

The Trump administration’s data center push could open the door for new forever chemicals

The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab

After COP30, Indigenous advocates celebrate gains while warning of unfinished work

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales

How one Seattle organization is turning food waste into plant food

EV sales are way down. Here’s why that might not be a big deal.

Pennsylvania bailed on a carbon market to appease Republicans

Hurricane season is over. Here’s why the US never got hit.

Hurricane season is over. Here’s why the US never got hit.

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