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MAHA has a climate change blind spot

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again” plan promises action on toxics and food additives but ignores climate change, which scientists warn is the greatest health threat of our time.

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Schools scramble to keep clean energy plans alive as federal tax credits disappear

Thousands of schools nationwide are rushing to salvage solar, wind, and electric bus projects after the Trump administration’s new law phases out key clean energy tax credits.

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Study links heat waves to climate change and fossil fuel producers

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change.
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How a group of students in the Pacific Islands reshaped global climate law

They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.
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The EPA ended her research into how climate change endangers children

Jane Clougherty spent years studying how extreme weather affects kids’ health, but as climate threats continue to rise, the Trump administration cancelled her work.
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Listen: How students and teachers are talking about climate

Students are heading back to school, and in addition to all of the usual challenges of the school year, some children are carrying an extra weight: climate anxiety.

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‘I feel let down by my state’: Kids sue Wisconsin over climate change

Fifteen young people across Wisconsin are suing the state, arguing that its laws block progress on renewable energy and worsen climate change. The case mirrors a Montana lawsuit and could reshape how Wisconsin regulates fossil fuels.

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