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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored

Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference

Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory

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From sea monkeys to Great Salt Lake gold

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions

What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.

Norway is all in on electric cars. What can the U.S. learn?

Texas finalizes $1.8B to build solar, battery, and gas-powered microgrids

Trump’s EPA accidentally made the case against passing the Big Beautiful Bill

Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land

This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.

There’s only one statewide ballot this year in Georgia — and it’s important.

Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains — before they’re even born

‘For anybody who could use a break’: A Q&A with sci-fi author Becky Chambers

Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster?

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Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning

In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires

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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.

Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas

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