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The ‘Biggest Tragedy’ of Trump’s Gutting of the National Park Service

Charles F. Sams III, former director of the park service, says cutting nearly a quarter of the agency’s staff decimated institutional knowledge in a way that can’t easily be righted, and threatens to break the emotional bonds Americans have with public lands.

By Blaine Harden

National Park Service Director Charles F. Sams III gives remarks at the 2022 National Christmas Tree Lighting on November 30 at Presidents Park in Washington, DC. Credit: National Park Service

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

By Arcelia Martin

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg

What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Greenland

By Johnny Sturgeon

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

By Dylan Baddour

Congress Has Doubts About the Trump Administration’s New Wildfire Management Plans

By Kiley Price

Climate Cooperation Will Suffer as the U.S. Disengages From International Commitments

By Bob Berwyn

Oil Executives Non-Committal to Trump’s Venezuela Pitch at the White House

By Dennis Pillion

As the Trump Administration Withdraws From Climate Treaties, Legal Scholars Debate Whether—and How—It Can Do So

By Georgina Gustin

Outcry Builds Over Trump’s Withdrawal From International, Climate Treaties

By Marianne Lavelle

As Trump Eyes Greenland, What Could That Mean for Island’s Mineral Wealth and Environment?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Debra Ramirez said oil refining operations by petrochemical plants have systematically dismantled her Lake Charles, Louisiana, community.

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Adam Mahoney, Capital B

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Will New Jersey’s Environmental Regulators Approve Transco’s NESE Pipeline After Rejecting it Twice?

By Raeanne Raccagno

How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country’s Imperiled Species

By Kiley Price

In Washngton state, power lines carry electricity near Diablo Dam and the North Cascades National Park. The Trump administration says there is an emergency in the Pacific Northwest because of a shortage of electricity. Credit: David McNew/Newsmakers

Trump’s Energy Secretary Orders a Washington State Coal Plant to Remain Open

By Blaine Harden

Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators

By Charles Paullin

‘Renewable’ No More: The Trump Administration Renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

By Dan Gearino

Trump Cuts Could Hinder Efforts to Stop Climate-Fueled Spread of Invasive Species

By Kiley Price

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