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The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity.

Planet China: Fifteenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. CÓRDOBA, Argentina—Franco Bornancini’s iPhone buzzed relentlessly in his glass-walled office at a BYD dealership, racking up 90 customer question

Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In this episode, co-host Jake Bolster sits down with reporters Georgina Gustin and Lisa Sorg to talk about the wide-ranging impacts of how America fattens animals to become the meat that people eat. Liste

Can a Dam Expansion Hold Back Climate Considerations on the Colorado River? and more — today's clean signal.

SANTA FE, N.M.—Is climate change enough justification to stop the expansion of a reservoir that will take more water from the dwindling Colorado River? That’s the central question in a lawsuit pitting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Colorado’s largest water utility against a

NextEra Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded electricity company, has systematically erased or downplayed its clean energy messaging since President Donald Trump returned to office, a potent example of the industry’s retreat from environmental positioning during his second

Over 95 percent of land within national wildlife refuges across the country will soon be open to hunting and fishing. The announcement Thursday from the U.S. Department of the Interior represents the largest such expansion in the nation’s history, allowing access to more than 92

Florida Makes It Harder for Residents Living on Radioactive Soil From Former Phosphate Mines to Sue and more — today's clean signal.

“What happens when you get exposure to radioactivity?” Andy Mele remembers the man asking earnestly as he pulled up his shirt. The man, who looked like he couldn’t be older than 35, exposed his swollen belly to the Florida sun, covered in bulges protruding from under his skin, Me

For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.

Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of heat-related deaths with more than a month left of summer.  At least 70 deaths across the U.S. were linked to the heat domes that covered much of the country in July,

The Sand Creek Fire had grown to 27,736 acres on Thursday after burning through parts of Maverick Mountain Ski Area in southwestern Montana, but firefighters succeeded in protecting the ski lodge and nearby Elkhorn Hot Springs as the blaze pushed through the area. Philip Knaub, o

NextEra Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded electricity company, has systematically erased or downplayed its clean energy messaging since President Donald Trump returned to office, a potent example of the industry’s retreat from environmental positioning during his second

The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. JALAPA, Guatemala—On a hot, muggy afternoon in the small mountain village of El Duraznal, Soila Elizabeth Cruz carefully reached under the slats of a barbed wire fence to retrieve plastic litter stuck in the dirt as trucks whizzed

Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In this episode, co-host Jake Bolster sits down with reporters Georgina Gustin and Lisa Sorg to talk about the wide-ranging impacts of how America fattens animals to become the meat that people eat. Liste

New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent — vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.

SANTA FE, N.M.—Is climate change enough justification to stop the expansion of a reservoir that will take more water from the dwindling Colorado River? That’s the central question in a lawsuit pitting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Colorado’s largest water utility against a

Leia este artigo em Português. Along the river the Xavante people of Brazil call Owawê are many of the Indigenous tribe’s sacred sites, ancient villages and cemeteries. It is also where their ear piercing rituals are held, marking the transition of boyhood to adulthood.  Now, a r

Read this article in English. Ao longo do rio que o povo Xavante chama de Owawê estão muitos dos seus territórios sagrados, vilas e cemitérios. Também é onde o ritual fura-orelha é realizado, marcando, para os meninos, a transição entre a juventude e a idade adulta. Mas um projet

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Farmworkers, their loved ones and advocates lined up out the door of a California state legislative hearing room this week to urge elected officials to hold pesticide regulators accountable for failing to protect their communities from life-threatening chemical

Over 95 percent of land within national wildlife refuges across the country will soon be open to hunting and fishing. The announcement Thursday from the U.S. Department of the Interior represents the largest such expansion in the nation’s history, allowing access to more than 92

HENDERSON, N.C.—On a recent summer evening Mitzi Parrott, who lives in Vance County, saw a television commercial on the evening news that gave her pause. Kathie Hamm and Bobbie Lequire, also of Vance County, saw it, too, streaming on Sling and posted on Nextdoor. The ad extolled