DOGE cuts pull AmeriCorps volunteers off of disaster relief jobs todayheadline

An ecologist surveys the damage Hurricane Helene caused in the Elk Mountains of western North Carolina.

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Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by?

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In Colorado, gas for cars could soon come with a warning label todayheadline

April 19, 2025

This story was originally published by Capital and Main. The Centennial State may become first in the nation to require retailers ...

Park ranger examines burn scars on sequoia

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Trump said cuts wouldn’t affect public safety. Then he fired hundreds of workers who help fight wildfires. todayheadline

April 13, 2025

This story was originally published by ProPublica. President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception ...

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Massachusetts home-electrification pilot could offer a national model todayheadline

April 12, 2025

This story was originally published by Canary Media. A first-of-its-kind pilot to electrify homes on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard ...

A bar chart showing declining imports of energy from Quebec to New England

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In New England, Canadian hydropower has slowed to an ominous trickle todayheadline

April 6, 2025

This story was originally published by Canary Media. On March 6, at the start of the still-simmering trade war between the ...

A coal ash pond next to a body of water in foreground. A coal plant in the background and behind it the skyline of the city of Richmond, Virginia.

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Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America todayheadline

April 5, 2025

This story first appeared on The Daily Yonder and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Environmental justice efforts ...

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Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by? todayheadline

March 30, 2025

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If ...

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Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education todayheadline

March 29, 2025

This story was originally published by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action. Jackson Voss loves his ...

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The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico todayheadline

March 23, 2025

This story was originally published by el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo. Professor Maritza Barreto Orta had planned to complete two ...

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Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills todayheadline

March 22, 2025

This story was originally published by Canary Media. The Trump administration insists that renewables are making energy more expensive and ...

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