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Our consumer habits are driving primates extinct

The drastic decline in primate populations is driven by global demand for agricultural products in the tropics.
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Amazon oil drilling undermines Brazil’s climate credibility before COP30

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it is a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.
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Federal courts divided, so far, on Trump’s environmental retreat

Judges curbed rollbacks during Trump’s first term. But the courts and the law have changed thanks to Trump’s own appointments. Those votes will be critical as his team seeks to erase the legal basis for climate action in his second term.
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Trump’s energy moves rattle electric utilities

The administration's push for data centers to source their own power is seen by some as a threat to utilities' business model.
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Brazil dismantles hundreds of illegal dredges in Amazon mining crackdown

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in one of the largest coordinated crackdowns in the Amazon.
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Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say

An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers details.
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Push to counter disinformation at COP30 climate summit

As a majority of global citizens call for bold climate change action, a new push for information integrity aims to neutralize the climate denial that has thwarted ambitious action.
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A tribe in Nevada finally had funding for climate resilience. Then a grant was ripped away

The Walker River Paiute Tribe was poised to strengthen its water, energy, and housing infrastructure with a $20 million federal grant — until the Trump Administration abruptly revoked the funding, halting projects designed to protect the community from worsening wildfires, floods, and extreme heat.

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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

wildfire retardants being sprayed by plane

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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