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Increasingly fierce storms are coming for the Texas coast. Is the petrochemical industry ready?

Galveston County is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. The level of emergency preparedness varies widely.
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Why coal will lead to more deaths in Colorado

Across the nation, one of the dirtiest sources of power gets a lifeline from the Trump administration and state officials.
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The vote that stopped a data center

Concerns are growing about the high energy, water, and land demands of artificial intelligence tech hubs, while benefits for local people remain unclear.

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Heat problems are hard for India's textile factories to solve

The Indian city of Surat in Gujarat state is in the grip of yet another intense heat wave as summer temperatures have already begun to reach highs of 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Senators okay repeal of NC's hardened structure ban, dismiss buyouts for threatened coastal homes

North Carolina's longstanding prohibition of hardened structures like jetties and seawalls to control coastal erosion appears to be washing away in the waning days of the 2026 legislative session.
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Could a ‘whole watershed’ approach save this Maryland river?

Despite more than four decades of cleanup efforts, the Chesapeake Bay is still plagued with ecological problems, such as massive algae blooms, oxygen-depleted waters and an oyster population that remains a fraction of its historic size.

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The cloud has sound: the unrelenting and unseen cost of A.I. data centers

As tech giants rush to build infrastructure, some residents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homes.
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Trump DOJ wants to sideline citizens in pollution fights

In a court filing backing Elon Musk's AI company, the Trump administration said the federal government can stop Americans from suing over air pollution.
Dairy cows lined up in a concentrated animal feeding operation.

New Mexico dairy CAFOs drives hundreds of millions in health costs, study finds

Air pollution from large, concentrated New Mexico dairy farms causes an estimated $217 million annually in health costs, with most of the toll coming from ammonia emissions that form dangerous particulate matter, according to a new study.  
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When forests burn, lakes suffer

Elevated fire risk is becoming the new norm for the Upper Midwest, and hot fires have dire consequences for the water quality of remote lakes.

An overhead view of a street in Mumbai, India at night filled with cars, people, and shop entrances

India's Mumbai rations water supply as June rainfall hits 12-year low

Grappling with its driest June in more than a decade, the Indian city of Mumbai has cut water supply to construction sites and reduced industrial usage by 20% as reservoir levels decline.

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