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Plan would make coastal mansions eligible for disaster aid

On an exclusive Connecticut peninsula, where signs warn outsiders to stay off private roads, eight multimillion-dollar homes with sprawling yards along the Long Island Sound are poised to become eligible for taxpayer-funded disaster aid.

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Ghost fishing off Long Island’s Coast

Years after climate change decimated the Long Island Sound lobster fishery, hundreds of thousands of traps still catch — and kill — marine life.

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Lawmakers seek $20M for Long Island Sound

A Congressional coalition from Connecticut and New York state is asking President Donald Trump for more money to improve Long Island Sound and warning the waterway's health remains fragile and endangered.

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Alaska villages face soaring energy costs as GOP debate threatens clean energy tax credits

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Louisiana coastal restoration project faces new turmoil over hidden environmental report

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Satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere could worsen climate change and ozone depletion

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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