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The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost.
From the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, to sewage problems in Alabama, stalled projects could get new life after federal court rulings.

Cleveland-Cliffs got $500M for a big green-steel push. Under Trump, the firm is “rescoping” to work that perpetuates coal use and will boost local pollution.

Critics argue U.S. high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case.

The Trump administration is ending federal support for the flagship annual report on the state of the Arctic and how the region is changing due to climate pollution.

The Trump administration’s mineral agenda will bolster defense technologies and data centers. It’ll also provide a big boost for EV companies.
Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.
As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.
The stations can become “underground saunas” in the summer. An $800,000 pilot study could help lower temperatures.
California’s first commercial carbon-burial project is underway, even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law.

Conservationists have created a "coastal corridor" of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine life.

The hearing exposed wounds around the legacy of uranium mining on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about in situ recovery.
Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.

A Canadian oil and gas company wants to continue operating its Michigan pipeline for 99 more years; tribes and climate groups are pushing back.

As the Great Salt Lake dips toward historic lows, a new network of air quality monitors is taking shape to help measure dust.

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

The solar energy industry-backed group that helped oust conservative Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles isn’t done making the case that you don’t mess with renewable energy.

The cost of installing solar panels will rise. But now the U.S. has a large and fast-growing solar manufacturing industry to take advantage of the trade protections.

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