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See a Giant Iceberg Fall Into the Sea

Sarah Laksow

Politics

Scott Pruitt Resigns

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Politics

New Documents Show Why Scott Pruitt Wanted a “Campaign-Style” Media Operation

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Politics

National Parks Report on Climate Change Finally Released, Uncensored

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Energy & Tech

This Developer Just Won a Fight to Make California a Massive Coal Exporter

A federal judge ruled that in trying to ban coal shipments, Oakland violated a contract.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen May 24, 2018

Food & Health

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Yet Another Town Is Dealing With Lead Contamination

Towns across northwest Indiana are finding alarming amounts of lead in their soil.

Nathalie Baptiste May 24, 2018

Weather & Climate

We’re Getting Way Better at Forecasting Storms, and It’s Helping Humanitarian Groups

How to stop a humanitarian disaster before it happens.

Eric Holthaus May 24, 2018

ENERGY & TECH

George Long Photography

This 70-Year-Old Republican Mayor Wants to Prove That His Small Southern Town Can Go Green

Megan Jula May 24, 2018

This Developer Just Won a Fight to Make California a Massive Coal Exporter

Jackie Flynn Mogensen May 24, 2018

California Just Became the First State to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Construction

Amy Thomson May 24, 2018

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POLITICS

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Now That Scott Pruitt Is Out, This Coal Lobbyist Will Take His Place

Rebecca Leber Apr 10, 2018

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Scott Pruitt Resigns

Rebecca Leber Jul 5, 2018

Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA

New Documents Show Why Scott Pruitt Wanted a “Campaign-Style” Media Operation

May 24, 2018 Rebecca Leber & Russ Choma

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Politics

Now That Scott Pruitt Is Out, This Coal Lobbyist Will Take His Place

Rebecca Leber Apr 10, 2018

Now That Scott Pruitt Is Out, This Coal Lobbyist Will Take His Place

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Food & Health

Air Pollution Is Killing Millions Around The Globe Each Year

Erin Schumaker Jan 24, 2018

Air Pollution Is Killing Millions Around The Globe Each Year

Eduardo Melendez

Weather & Climate

Six Months After Maria, the Town Where It Made Landfall Feels Like It’s Been Forgotten

AJ Vicens Mar 16, 2018

Six Months After Maria, the Town Where It Made Landfall Feels Like It’s Been Forgotten

Warming World

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Good Job Destroying Wild Plants and Animals, Humans. Only 17 Percent Left to Go!

Damian Carrington May 24, 2018

Grist/Amelia Bates

Meet the Tick That’s Forcing Americans to Give Up Their Meat

Zoya Teirstein May 24, 2018

God Said to Make the Desert Bloom, and Mormons Are Using Biblical Amounts of Water to Do It

Nathalie Baptiste May 24, 2018

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