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As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund

A new report highlights how many of the event’s corporate sponsors have regulatory matters before the administration, among them a Florida mining company.

By Amy Green

A Freedom 250 banner celebrating America’s 250th birthday hangs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on June 2 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images
A person wipes sweat off their head during high temperatures and an extreme heat warning in New York City on Thursday. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Heat Wave Politics: GOP Leaders Deride Calls to Conserve

By Marianne Lavelle

Crews work to extinguish a fire after an explosion at a Chevron refinery on Oct. 2, 2025, in El Segundo, Calif. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Chemical Accidents Rise as Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Safety Rules

By Liza Gross

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on June 25. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies

By Amy Green

A flowering northeastern bulrush. Credit: Mary Ann Furedi/Western Pennsylvania Conservancy/Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Federal Officials Say an Endangered Wetland Plant Is Recovering. Not Everyone Agrees.

By Madeline Shaw

Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe is sitting and speaking into a microphone on the stage, a sign behind and in front of her that says, "State of Climate Politics Forum."

A Midwest Mayor Joins London Climate Week as a ‘Rational Optimist’ Who Aims to Get Things Done

By Christine Spolar

People gather in front of the Supreme Court on June 25 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Regulatory Rollbacks Fuel Surge in Protective Climate Lawsuits

By Anika Jane Beamer

Kevin Lilly is sworn in for his second term as chairman of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission at the Texas State Capitol in 2023. Credit: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

Interim Fish and Wildlife Assistant Secretary’s Lack of Experience Concerns Senators at Confirmation Hearings

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

House Democrats walk down the steps of the Capitol before a news conference on Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom?

By Peter Aldhous

Philadelphia schools planned to use federal tax credits to help fund projects as part of the statewide Solar for Schools program. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘Short-Sighted’ Cuts Jeopardize Philadelphia’s Clean Energy Future

By Daniel Perrin

Abelardo de la Espriella celebrates after casting his vote during the Colombian presidential runoff on June 21 in Barranquilla. Credit: Leonardo Castañeda/Getty Images

A Trump Ally’s Rise in Colombia Could Mean the End of Landmark Climate Policies

By Katie Surma

An emergency exit for Signal Peak Energy’s longwall coal mine in Musselshell County, Montana. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Planning for Life After Coal Cost a Montana County Commissioner His Seat

By Jake Bolster

Lowell, MA - May 12: The view down a street in Lowell, Mass., where a data center looms behind residential housing on May 12. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Federal Regulators Tell Electric Grid Operators to Fix Their Rules on Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin

The coal-fired Cumberland Fossil Plant operated by Tennessee Valley Authority. Credit: TVA

Trump Administration’s Coal Investments Breathe New Life Into Plants With Repeated Violations

By Ajani Stella

Photos of current Alabama Public Service Commissioners hang in the PSC offices. Chris Beeker (right) lost his reelection bid against Republican opponent Jim Zeigler. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Self-Proclaimed ‘AI Watchman’ Unseats Incumbent Public Service Commissioner

By Lee Hedgepeth

Gov. Kay Ivey announced the appointments of four new Alabama Public Service Commissioners (from left): Ron Burgess, Fred Johnson, Demarcus Joiner and Quinton Ross. Credit: Alabama Governor's Office

Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees

By Dennis Pillion

Autumn Gillard has been fighting to protect the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument since 2017. Credit: Raymond Chee

Utah National Monument Survives Attempt to Rescind its Management Plan

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of the Altamont Pass wind farm on Jan. 13 in Livermore, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges

By Aman Azhar

Researchers look at an air quality monitor on April 10, 2025, in Imperial Beach, Calif. Credit: Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants, Judge Rules

By Lauren Dalban

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