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Washed out oceanside highway with drifting sand and "Road Closed" sign

Likely costs for Outer Banks highway over next 50 years 'a staggering number'

Years of repetitive weather-related destruction of stretches of N.C. Highway 12 on the Outer Banks have reached a critical stage.

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Old, polluting jet engines are being scavenged to power data centers

They’re rapidly being converted into generators to meet A.I.’s insatiable demand for electricity. Environmentalists call it a step backward.

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Democrats seize Congress, Statehouses in referendum on the economy

Voters sought action on energy costs, corruption and data centers in an election environmentalists believe sets the stage for renewed climate policy.
A series of solar panels in a field with mountains in the distance

China is leading the clean energy industry. Will it redraw the lines of global power?

China secured 23 of the world’s 36 major clean industrial projects financed last year, as emerging economies advanced past both Europe and the US.
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To make progress on climate, some farmers won't say 'climate'

Changes to agriculture could help reduce emissions and build resilience on farms, but some advocates say it’s better not to talk about it.
A group of women protesting; anger over data centers is fueling a new political movement

Voters across the country reject data centers

In local elections across the country, Americans voted overwhelmingly to restrict the buildout of data centers in their communities.

A woman listens to another women's baby bump in a field on a sunny day

Bearing the borderlands; pregnant women in Arizona near pesticide-sprayed fields

Pregnant women in Arizona’s colonias live near pesticide-sprayed fields and far from care. State maternal health plans don’t consider pollution. 
A view of people on a beach with their feet in the sand

As sand slips away, California beach towns dig in

Some Southern California beaches are losing sand. This threatens coastal towns’ identity, tourism, and infrastructure — and costs millions to replenish.

A view of Senator Mitch McConell

Mitch McConnell’s climate legacy

During his decades-long career, the retiring senator blocked climate action at every opportunity.
A firetruck facing an inferno with a house completely on fire

US buildings lost to wildfires could triple by 2060

The country could reduce the risk by better managing forests and housing development to account for climate change, new research suggests.
An aerial view of the Alaskan town of Kotzebue

DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects

Two new reports reveal how federal funding cuts have stripped hundreds of millions of dollars from Indigenous communities, jeopardizing renewable energy projects, climate resilience efforts and tribal sovereignty.

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