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Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.
New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.
The United States is drifting ever further away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?
The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay.
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Scientists are exploring whether encouraging phytoplankton growth could sequester atmospheric carbon without harming oceanic ...
As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed ...
The draft of the treaty that negotiators began working on last week mentioned human rights at least twice. But the text ...
A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry ...
The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge ...
Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics treaty.
As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the ...