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Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

As warning lights flash, U.N. Secretary Gen. António Guterres calls out a global climate emergency.

By Bob Berwyn

Scientists See Converging Evidence of Antarctic Ice Retreat

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

An aerial view of British Steel’s Scunthorpe mill on April 12, 2025, in Scunthorpe, England. Activities such as steelmaking have disrupted the Earth’s energy balance. Credit: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

Politics

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

Seeking a sixth term, the Maine senator’s passivity in the face of executive branch power grabs undermines her greatest electoral strength, as much as it does climate action.

By Nathaniel Eisen

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

New York’s Governor Pushes to Delay a Key Portion of the State’s Climate Law

Sen. Susan Collins enters the U.S. Captiol on Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Justice & Health

Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year

A new report shows air pollution threatens the majority of the world’s population, while information gaps increase the risks.

By Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense

Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois, Report Finds

In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science

A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality in the region on Aug. 5, 2025. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Fossil Fuels

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

Water negotiators are facing a worsening water supply forecast with record-low snowpack across the West.

Scott Franz, KUNC

Yes, Venezuela Has a Ton of Oil—But Its Biggest Opportunity Is Offshore Wind

A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

Sunlight glimmers on the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Clean Energy

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch

While the electric vehicle company has a permit to discharge effluent into a ditch, the local drainage district said it didn’t permit use of its easement.

By Arcelia Martin

The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

A pipe discharges liquid waste from Tesla’s lithium refinery plant into a ditch on Feb. 13 in Robstown, Texas. Credit: Steve Ray/Nueces County Drainage District No. 2

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