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Impacts
Bikini Atoll nuclear contamination trust fund
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$59 million, gone: How Bikini Atoll leaders blew through U.S. trust fund

The Trump administration lifted spending limits on the fund, which aids descendants of people forced to leave the coral reef because of U.S. nuclear testing.
Resilience
Dumped chemical weapons litter the ocean floors

Dumped chemical weapons litter the ocean floors

Millions of tons of chemical weapons abandoned after World Wars I and II threaten humans, wildlife, and future climate change remediation.
PFAS contamination military efforts
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Are military efforts to clean up and replace toxic ‘forever chemicals’ cutting it?

PFAS contamination has become a military-wide problem, with more than 700 military installations having either confirmed or suspected cases of contamination.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Truck with headlights on driving through a forest at sunset.

Amazon rainforest cleared for highway ahead of climate summit

Road through a forest in Uganda.

Uganda’s oil pipeline fuels global fight over energy and climate

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Military climate resilience funding faces uncertainty

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

CLIMATE
Lee Zeldin in a dark suit and blue patterned tie with a microphone attached, and a white screen in background.

Trump’s EPA moves to dismantle climate and pollution rules

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Government climate data quietly removed as Trump administration reshapes policy