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‘Bookkeeping Trick’ and Fuzzy Math Conceal the Climate Impacts of Beef, Researchers Say
Climate negotiators head to Turkey next month for the United Nations annual climate summit, just two months after an alarming U.N. report said the world has a vanishing chance of limiting global warming to safe levels. The report’s projections will likely ripple through…
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Hurricane Damage to a Florida Domestic Violence Shelter Shows Climate’s Stress on Vulnerable Groups
The call came late on a Wednesday afternoon in October, when the forecast cone stopped wobbling and started pointing steadily toward the Florida Panhandle. Tracie Hodson, who runs FavorHouse of Northwest Florida in Pensacola, decided to evacuate her domestic abuse treatment…
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China Bets on Renewable Energy to Gain an AI Edge
As demand for artificial intelligence surges worldwide, China is looking to its renewable energy sector for an advantage in the race to build the data centers that fuel the technology. Its vast wind, solar and battery industries could help power those facilities with cheaper…
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The Amazonian Community That Beat Big Oil Is Sharing Its Secrets
SARAYAKU, Ecuador—The canoe motor rattled against the current as Guisel Marworno and Wagner Karipuna traveled down the Bobonaza River. The Brazilian Indigenous leaders had come seeking help. Last year, state-owned Petrobras began exploring for offshore oil near their coastal…
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Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.
TAYLOR, Texas—A red thresher cuts across the countryside off County Road 401 in Taylor, leaving behind tufts of discarded stalks as farmers prepare to plant seeds for the next year’s harvest. Less than five miles away, mom-and-pop antique shops open their doors on North Main…
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Will Josh Shapiro’s Data Center Past Haunt His Political Future?
Perhaps no issue has tested the political agility of Pennsylvania’s popular Gov. Josh Shapiro over the past two years more than data centers. In about 20 months, Shapiro went from introducing a fast-track permitting process that invited hyper-scale data centers to “move at the…
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Colorado River Basin Candidates Wade Into Water Politics, but Winners Are Unlikely to Make Big Changes
In Nevada, Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Aaron Ford’s campaign has said Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, “botched negotiations” over the future of the Colorado River. In neighboring Arizona, Rep. Andy Biggs, the Republican Party’s candidate for governor,…
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A Year After Floodwaters Swept Away an Alaskan Native Village, Residents Remain in Limbo
KWIGILLINGOK, Alaska—Lucy Martin’s family was among the last to be evacuated from Kwigillingok, a Yup’ik village a quarter mile from the Bering Sea that was devastated by Typhoon Halong in October 2025. A year later, Martin, the village’s tribal resilience coordinator, is still…
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Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal
If you’re an ordinary resident of Pennsylvania and you want to dispose of potentially toxic waste, the Department of Environmental Protection will direct you to specialized dropoff locations: recycling programs or local events where officials collect things like propane tanks…
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Why Microplastics Are So Dangerous for Human Health
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Plastics have been widely adopted in all sorts of products from food packaging to toys to medical devices, in part because they were…
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Lawmakers and Regulators Press Air Force Over Continuing Pollution From Joint Base Andrews Fuel Spill
Congressional leaders and Maryland regulators continue to pressure the Trump administration for information about the ongoing jet fuel leak at Joint Base Andrews. Both want immediate action that will stop the contamination that continues to threaten Piscataway Creek and nearby…
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Wyoming Teams With Trump Administration to Expedite Energy, Industrial Projects
Wyoming will partner with the Trump administration on an initiative to streamline and expedite permitting for large energy and other industrial projects such as data centers, representatives from both groups announced Monday. Gov. Mark Gordon joined Federal Permitting…
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Texas Used to Be ‘the Best Place’ to Build Data Centers—But Not Anymore
When BaRupOn LLC, a California-based developer, bought land in East Texas for a 700-acre industrial campus in 2023, the company received a warm welcome from the state. The developer set out to build numerous data centers and rare-earth manufacturing facilities at the site, as…
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Maui Prosecutor to Hire Investigator Focused On Post-Wildfire Contractor Fraud
This story was originally published by Civil Beat. The Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney is expected to soon have an investigator working full-time on contractor fraud cases targeting survivors of the deadly 2023 Lahaina wildfire, county officials say. Mayor Richard…
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How Florida’s Amendment 3 Would Affect the State’s Iconic Water Resources
A proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution on the ballot this November is aimed at cutting property taxes. But the amendment would also affect funding for local governments and the state agencies responsible for flood control and water supply and conservation across this…
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In Arizona, Democrats See an Opportunity to Influence Energy Policy
PHOENIX— Koral Casillas’ American Dream was simple: Leave her corporate job to start a local business serving her community. Five years ago, she did just that. She’s now the co-owner of two local Phoenix businesses—Monsoon Market, a purveyor of local goods, and Strip Mall, a…