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The Next El Niño Could Lock Earth Into a Hotter Climate
The Pacific heat pulse is temporary, but scientists warn that its climate impacts are not.
By Bob Berwyn
How to Think About the Extractive Problem of Lithium Mining
Electrification of transportation and the power grid all but require lithium to make batteries—but mining it takes a toll on delicate ecosystems. Still, there are reasons for hope.
Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
After Mass Deaths at ‘Sloth World,’ 13 Surviving Animals Are Transferred to a Florida Zoo
The move comes days after an Inside Climate News investigation found that more than 31 sloths had died at the planned Orlando animal attraction.
By Kiley Price, Katie Surma
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Could Changes to the U.S. Forest Service Erase a Century of Historical Documents?
By Keerti Gopal
Data Center Tax Exemption Changes Still Holding Up Virginia Budget
By Charles Paullin
Fossil-Fuel Funded GOP Leaders Claim a Renowned Scientific Institution Has ‘Potential Conflicts of Interest’
By Liza Gross
As the UN Global Climate Talks Lose Momentum, a Smaller Coalition Eyes a Fossil Fuel Exit
By Bob Berwyn
A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week
By Kiley Price
Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?
By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT, and Emily Salazar of KEDT
An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church
By Martha Pskowski
Ohio Is Where Wind and Solar Projects Go to Die, and Other Findings From New Research on State Permitting
By Dan Gearino
ICN Texas
Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals
By Arcelia Martin
ICN Pennsylvania
As Tech Groups Predict Huge Pennsylvania Data-Center Growth, Critics Say Some Bills Would Reduce Local Control
By Jon Hurdle
Trump 2.0: The Reckoning
Planet China: Beijing’s trillion-dollar development effort is reshaping the globe—and the natural world
Fracking’s Forever Problem: Tracking the gas industry’s radioactive waste
Cashing Out: The secretive system disrupting climate action and forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies
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This Growing Climate Threat Could Be Increasing Your Blood Pressure
By Kiley Price
New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat
By Tina Deines
Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers
By Dylan Baddour
