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Tribal Nations Scramble to Save Clean Energy Projects

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cody Two Bear, who is Standing Rock Sioux, served on his tribal council during the Dakota Access pipeline protests in 2017. Growing up in a community powered by coal, the experience was transformative. “I’ve seen the energy extraction that has placed […]

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Trump’s Ruthless Cuts Have Left Our National Parks in “Survival Mode”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Across America’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket booths, ecologists are covering visitor centers, and the superintendents of parks are even cleaning the toilets. The National […]

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The Unlikely Coalition Fighting to Keep Energy Star Labels on Your Appliances

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to eliminate the Energy Star program became public, pushback from environmental groups was expected. The government-funded labeling system helps consumers identify energy-efficient products and practices, saving them $40 billion annually in energy costs. Since its founding in 1992, […]

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Trump’s Energy Chief, a Former Fracking CEO, Aims to Tinker With Key Climate Reports

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports. Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins […]

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FEMA Tells Staff to Work for ICE or Risk Getting Fired

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Trump has previously said that disaster relief should fall to the states and that he hopes to eliminate FEMA altogether.

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Relentless Climate Disasters Are Wiping Out Local Businesses

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States is home to millions of small businesses that form the backbone of countless communities. Even during the best of times keeping shops solvent can be a struggle, but when climate-driven disasters strike, the impact on mom-and-pops can […]

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Chemical Pollution Is a Rampant Threat to Humanity, Science Group Warns

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned. The industrial economy has created more […]

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The Massive Grand Canyon Fire Is Burning Out of Control

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A wildfire that has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park raged out of control over the weekend and is now the largest currently burning in the country. The Dragon Bravo fire has burned more than […]

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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest

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Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.

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The Conservative Nature Lovers Trying to Nudge Trump in the Right Direction

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, the Bureau of Land Management quietly announced plans to trade away 2 million acres of public land along Alaska’s Dalton Highway. The immense stretch of boreal forest totters into tundra, an area almost three times the size of Rhode […]

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Legit Climate Scientists Slam Trump EPA Report as a “Farce” and an Embarrassment

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new Trump administration report that attempts to justify a mass rollback of environmental regulations is chock-full of climate misinformation, experts say. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to undo the 2009 “endangerment finding,” which allows the agency to limit planet-heating […]

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See the Bizarre Life Forms Scientists Found More Than 31,000 Feet Under the Ocean Surface

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This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Titanic lies about 12,500 feet under the ocean surface. The pressure down there is so immense that even submersibles supposedly built for those conditions can, as we know, tragically fail. Now imagine taking a sub nearly three times deeper. That’s […]

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