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What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans

Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
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One word sums up climate politics in 2025: Greenlash

In a year shaped by Trump's return to the White House, the new administration touted "energy dominance" and protesters threw eggs at "swasticars."

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The US has a power crunch. Congress is still far from solving it

A House-passed bill aimed at speeding approvals of energy projects includes language that wind and solar supporters call unacceptable. Now it goes to the Senate.
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Marine heat waves and raw sewage combine to put human health at risk

When intensifying marine heatwaves are coupled with pollution — especially sewage, nitrogen fertilizer agricultural runoff, wildfire soot and possibly plastics — waterborne bacterial pathogens can multiply, raising human health concerns.

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NCAR, major climate research center, targeted for closure in Trump dispute with Colorado

The president’s political feud and his budget chief’s drive to end climate research have put the National Center for Atmospheric Research at risk.
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Greenpeace’s fight with pipeline giant exposes a legal loophole

A court filing by a group with deep ties to the pipeline company Energy Transfer raises questions about the growing use of amicus briefs in litigation.
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Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide

Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in lead.

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Can Santa Claus survive in a melting world?

As climate change warms the planet, snowy winters are becoming less certain in Europe. Those looking for classic Christmas traditions are learning to adapt.
Sandbags piled at entrance to Canal Street Subway station NYC as a result of of Hurricane Sandy

How to protect New York’s subway in an era of extreme rainfall

As the planet warms, subway systems around the world have struggled to cope with floods far beyond what they were originally designed to handle.
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Tracking oil and gas waste in Pennsylvania is still a ‘logistical mess’

More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.
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Feds order WA power plant to keep burning coal, setting up clash with state

The Trump administration has ordered Washington’s last coal-fired power station to continue burning coal, just weeks before it was scheduled to shut down and convert to natural gas fuel.

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