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Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?
The justice’s participation in the Boulder case already may have been pivotal, and his continued stock holdings—including in fossil fuels—keep an ethics cloud over the Supreme Court.
By Marianne Lavelle
Long After Wildfire Smoke Is Gone, Heavy Metals Could Still Be Harming Survivors’ Lungs
A new study from University of Hawai‘i researchers links metals found in the ash of the 2023 Maui wildfires with impaired lung function.
By Keerti Gopal
Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name
As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Eastern Pacific, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything we’ve previously seen, it doesn’t even fit on the same axis.”
By Nina Dietz
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Drones Are Already on the Front Lines of Wildfire Response. Robots and AI Could Be Next.
By Mosabber Hossain
Trump Slashes Fuel-Economy Standards in Blow to Climate, Health, EV Market
By Dennis Pillion
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By Erin Nolan, Keerti Gopal
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Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat
Story by Bob Berwyn, photos by Michele Lapini
The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for America’s ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’
By Wyatt Myskow, Carla Samon Ros, Johanna Hansel
A Century of Sand Debt Comes Due in Malibu
By Kate Waxman
New Colorado Neighborhood Could Offer Glimpse into the Future of Home Energy Use
By Phil McKenna
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Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center
By Martha Pskowski
ICN Pennsylvania
The Specter of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Looms Over Pennsylvania’s Rural Communities
By Ben Seal
Planet China: Beijing’s trillion-dollar development effort is reshaping the globe—and the natural world
Unprotected: How the Trump administration’s dismantling of environmental safeguards endangers lives and public health
Feeding the Beast: How lax regulation and corporate influence made the heavily polluting American meat industry nearly untouchable
The Resistance: With an army of lawyers, an activist legend squares off against polluting industries along the Texas coast she calls home
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Foreign Fishing Fleets Are Robbing West African Countries of Key Nutrients
By Johnny Sturgeon
Asphalt Company Alleges Operative Who Posed as a Project Opponent Committed Fraud
By Lisa Sorg
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By Liza Gross
