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Trump officials move to strip tribes of veto power over hydropower projects

After the Navajo Nation successfully halted a hydropower proposal on Black Mesa, the Trump administration is pushing to roll back a federal policy that requires tribal consent for such projects.

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Uber pulls back from EVs, slashing incentives for drivers

After years of promoting electric vehicle adoption among its drivers, Uber has abruptly scaled back bonuses and support programs, even as its emissions climb and regulators press for cleaner fleets.

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Boom in burning waste for fuel puts human health and environment at risk

As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are increasingly turning to burning municipal waste to make fuel as a solution to both problems.

A female doctor standing next to a glass wall

Are environmental risks making Canada's doctor shortage worse?

From Alberta’s oilsands to B.C.’s gas fields and Ontario’s Chemical Valley, doctors in Canada are increasingly weighing air pollution, industrial toxins and climate-driven disasters when deciding where to live and work.

Aerial view of Marcellus Shale fracking well in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania will study a plan to keep new natural gas pads farther from homes, schools and hospitals

Advocates say more distance is needed to protect public health. Industry groups and Republican legislators say the rule change would effectively ban natural gas development.
A parking lot with a solar panel serving as a canopy for a car

Democrats revive clean-energy bills as Spanberger prepares to take office

With full Democratic control in Richmond and a new governor on the way, lawmakers are reviving previously vetoed clean-energy bills, including proposals to require solar canopies on large parking lots and expand offshore-wind workforce training.

EPA chief, Lee Zeldin speaking into mic

‘Complete roller coaster’: EPA probationary staff returns to work

Employees said uncertainty still looms as restructuring of the agency by the Trump administration takes hold.
Indigenous protests during COP30 in Belém, Brazil. "Without Climate Justice, there are no indigenous rights. Without the forest, there is no future."

‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders

Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade.
A young cow walking in a dry field

Recent droughts hit the top cattle counties hardest

The nation’s cattle inventory is at its lowest level in decades, the result of a long-term decline that has been pushed even lower in recent years by drought.

An inflatable boat pulled up to an icy shore

The secret world of Arctic Ocean DNA

Researchers mapping and digitizing Arctic Ocean DNA believe it may offer a new, better way to detect changes in local wildlife populations, Arctic diseases and marine die-offs

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