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Gen Z, millennials speak out on reluctance to become parents

Women interviewed cited climate change, along with overwhelming student debt coupled with inflation, as reasons they'll never be parents. Some younger men, too, are opting out and more are seeking vasectomies.

Politics

US says driving would be riskier if fuel standards tougher

The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards.

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Trump replacement for Obama climate plan moves forward

The Trump administration is advancing a proposal that would replace President Barack Obama's principal attempt to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions with a new rule expected to go easier on the ailing coal industry.

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Evidence of an oil spill was obvious, but was it a crime?

An acrid stink of petroleum sent Santa Barbara County firefighters scrambling three years ago in a search of a possible spill. When they arrived at Refugio State Beach, oil was staining the pristine sands and seeping into the surf. It would turn out to be the worst California coastal spill in 25 years. But was it a crime scene?

Impacts

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Rescue crews airlift hundreds stranded after Hawaii storm

Hundreds of people have been airlifted out of dangerous floodwaters on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, but authorities said Tuesday that others are still stranded at evacuation centers.

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Winds ease but deadly wildfires endure in Southwest US

Frazzled residents in a part of rural northwestern Oklahoma paralyzed by days of wind-whipped wildfires expressed fear a blaze could overrun their home Wednesday, as firefighters battling the deadly fires there and in Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico found some relief at the promise of easing of dangerous weather conditions.

Politics

Ex-coal baron Blankenship debuts 'fact-check' campaign site

There's a new fact-checking operation in West Virginia, but it obscures where it's coming from: Don Blankenship's U.S. Senate campaign.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Gen Z, millennials speak out on reluctance to become parents

US says driving would be riskier if fuel standards tougher

Trump replacement for Obama climate plan moves forward

Evidence of an oil spill was obvious, but was it a crime?

Rescue crews airlift hundreds stranded after Hawaii storm

Winds ease but deadly wildfires endure in Southwest US

Ex-coal baron Blankenship debuts 'fact-check' campaign site

A climate-themed version of Catan sparks new conversations

Opinion: Building climate resilience fails to protect human health

Montana’s Supreme Court debates climate law's constitutionality

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way