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Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis

Father Joe Mitchell works to create a “new story” that recognizes the interconnectedness of people and nature.

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

Despite a sunny climate, Alabama ranks 49th among U.S. states in residential solar installations—lower than Alaska. Advocates say the steep solar fee is part of the reason why.

FEMA Skips National Hurricane Conference Amid DHS Shutdown

The conference is one of the largest aimed at preparing for hurricane season, which begins June 1. A task force report on potential reforms to the agency also remains on hold.

Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Starbucks Cup Is Still Trash

Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain

Scientists Deploy First Satellite Tag on a Leatherback Sea Turtle in Ecuador to Better Reveal Gaps in Ocean Protection

The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees

Toxic Ocean Crisis in Papua New Guinea Sparks Mass Marine Die-Off and Public Health Emergency

Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.

The 4-Billion-Year Perspective to Understanding Earth’s Current Climate Crisis

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U.S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.

Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

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Planet China: Beijing’s trillion-dollar development effort is reshaping the globe—and the natural world

The Mountain Watershed Association posted signs next to the Sewickley creek warning about Hazardous waste from the Max Environmental landfill. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Fracking’s Forever Problem: Tracking the gas industry’s radioactive waste

Anival Tanguila, a Quichua leader from the Corazón del Oriente Community, stands next to decommissioned Perenco oil infrastructure in the Ecuadorian Amazon on March 22, 2023. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

Cashing Out: The secretive system disrupting climate action and forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies

Science

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

Recently released data show how drought, paltry Western snows and unseasonable heat, all exacerbated by climate change, could be priming the nation for a long wildfire season.

By Jake Bolster

Scientists Discover a New Branch of Life in the Deep Sea

Inside a Rare Sperm Whale Birth Reshaping How Scientists Understand Animal Cooperation

Crews work in the forest at the site of the Spring Pine Fire near Bastrop State Park on Monday in Bastrop, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Politics

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

The agency typically doesn’t allow smog-creating ethanol blends in the summer but is relaxing that restriction to appease consumers and farmers.

By Georgina Gustin

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests

A grain bin stands in a corn field in Marne, Iowa. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Justice & Health

Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says

The state is one of a handful where cancer diagnoses are on the rise.

By Anika Jane Beamer

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

Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

Poultry manure is spread as fertilizer on a northwest Iowa corn field. Nitrate from fertilizer that seeps into Iowa drinking water sources has been singled out as a potential driver of the state’s rising cancer rates. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

Fossil Fuels

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

A Michigan data center would use renewables and flexibility to meet most demand. An Ohio project goes in a different direction.

By Dan Gearino

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

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

A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Clean Energy

New Jersey Turns to Big Batteries as Power Prices Rise

State regulators approved incentives for three projects totaling 355 megawatts, hoping storage can come online faster than other energy sources.

By Rambo Talabong

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

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

Jupiter Power’s battery storage complex in Houston. The company was recently awarded incentives for a 200-megawatt project in Sayreville, N.J. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

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Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis

Father Joe Mitchell works to create a “new story” that recognizes the interconnectedness of people and nature.

By James Bruggers

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

Despite a sunny climate, Alabama ranks 49th among U.S. states in residential solar installations—lower than Alaska. Advocates say the steep solar fee is part of the reason why.

By Dennis Pillion

FEMA Skips National Hurricane Conference Amid DHS Shutdown

The conference is one of the largest aimed at preparing for hurricane season, which begins June 1. A task force report on potential reforms to the agency also remains on hold.

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Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Starbucks Cup Is Still Trash

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Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain

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Scientists Deploy First Satellite Tag on a Leatherback Sea Turtle in Ecuador to Better Reveal Gaps in Ocean Protection

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The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees

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Toxic Ocean Crisis in Papua New Guinea Sparks Mass Marine Die-Off and Public Health Emergency

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Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.

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Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

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Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U.S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.

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Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says

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Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

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