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Grand Canyon fire Is now the largest burning in the nation

A wildfire burning since July 4 has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for the rest of the season.

Nicholas Kusnetz · August 6, 2025
Grist

Can protecting nature be nonpartisan?

A conservative push for environmental stewardship clashes with federal policies that expand drilling, logging, and deregulation.

Lois Parshley · August 5, 2025
Guardian

Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman · August 4, 2025
Mother Jones

Is the legacy of Hurricane Katrina more lethal than the storm?

Black New Orleanians navigate hopelessness, addiction, and the struggle to survive.

Adam Mahoney · August 2, 2025

Mother Jones

Did RNC chair Michael Whatley help run a fossil fuel “front group”?

The Trump-backed Senate hopeful was all about congressional oversight—when it meant stopping Obama’s green power plans.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · August 1, 2025
Guardian

Elon Musk is turning US liberals off not just Tesla but electric vehicles in general

Disgust at the CEO’s rightwing activism is casting a pall but conservatives are no more likely to buy EVs

Oliver Milman · July 30, 2025
Vox.com

What to do, and not do, during a heat wave

Tips for keeping kids, adults, and the elderly cool and safe—even sans air conditioning.

Allie Volpe · July 29, 2025
Vox.com

Why your energy bill keeps going up

And why it won’t get cheaper anytime soon.

Umair Irfan · July 28, 2025

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Trump team’s plans to exploit public lands follow the blueprint of Reagan’s Interior secretary

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

Dustin Mulvaney · July 27, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Science Moms lean into ‘humanness’ to educate on climate change risk

“Mothers throughout time have always put in that extra labor because they care about the health of their families."

Frances Mack · July 26, 2025
Inside Climate News

Governments are legally required to address climate change, top global court says

In a landmark advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice also said high-emissions countries may need to pay reparations.

Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma · July 24, 2025
Wired

EPA employees still in the dark as agency dismantles scientific research office

As the EPA moves to shut down the Office of Research and Development, leadership is unable to answer questions as basic as when it will close and how many will lose their jobs.

Molly Taft · July 23, 2025