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Collin O’Mara: Trump compares himself to Theodore Roosevelt while assaulting his lifework

Collin O’Mara: Trump compares himself to Theodore Roosevelt while assaulting his lifework

The Great American Outdoors Act is a historic victory, but presidential conservation legacies are not defined by individual bills.
Politics
This pipeline case could gut 100 years of safeguards for federal parks
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This pipeline case could gut 100 years of safeguards for federal parks

The Supreme Court is poised to allow a gas pipeline to pass underneath the Appalachian Trail. Experts can’t believe the case has gotten this far.
A plan to mine the Minnesota wilderness hit a dead end. Then Trump became president.
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A plan to mine the Minnesota wilderness hit a dead end. Then Trump became president.

The revival of project to mine the edge of Minnesota's cherished Boundary Water has angered environmentalists and focused attention on an unusual connection between a Chilean billionaire and President Trump's family.

Newsletter
How the warming climate will turn the Boundary Waters into a barren grassland
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How the warming climate will turn the Boundary Waters into a barren grassland

If our climate continues on its current trajectory (read: if our carbon emissions stay the same), researchers predict the Boundary Waters will transition into a savannah.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

Rare earth mining toxic pollution

The hidden cost of powering your phone might be someone else’s cancer

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Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

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Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system