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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.

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

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 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 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 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.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
The review comes after President Donald Trump threatened funding for the National Academies over educational material about climate change.
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