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NOAA Defends Cuts to Research and Climate Monitoring at Budget Hearing

Democrats and Republicans pushed back against the administration’s proposal to eliminate NOAA’s research office and monitoring stations across the globe.

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

 Rep. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.) said the Trump administration “is pulling back on the very tools that help communities respond to disasters.” Credit: Gabriel Matias Castilho/Inside Climate News
Chairman Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) speaks during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on April 22 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Fossil-Fuel Funded GOP Leaders Claim a Renowned Scientific Institution Has ‘Potential Conflicts of Interest’

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

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

By Arcelia Martin
A grain elevator is surrounded by floodwater from the Mississippi River on the Iowa-Illinois border in 2023. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Iowa’s Water Crisis Could Help Tip the Scales for Control of US House

By Anika Jane Beamer
The Gifford Fire burns through 30,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest near Santa Maria, Calif., on Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not.

By Katie Surma

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

By Kiley Price
A stone countertop fabricator wears a mask to help protect against airborne particles which can contribute to silicosis at a shop on Oct. 31, 2023, in Sun Valley, Calif. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As Artificial Stone Countertops Kill Workers, House Republicans Discuss Protections—for Manufacturers

By Liza Gross
Lick Run, a tributary to West Virginia’s Cheat River, is one of many waterways in Appalachia that are impaired by pollution from coal mining. Acid mine drainage can create a reddish coloring in affected streams. Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Cheat

Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

By Kiley Bense
Lead pipes are replaced at a home in Chicago on July 25, 2025. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

States Say They Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut the Funding Instead.

By Keerti Gopal
The EPA flag flies outside the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

EPA Funding Salvaged in US Congress Spending Bill

By Liza Gross
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 22. Credit: Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power Projects

By Aidan Hughes, Carl David Goette-Luciak
A part of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System runs through boreal forest near Delta Junction, Alaska. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a press conference with other House Republicans on Oct. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies

By Sarah Mattalian
Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) attends a House committee hearing on Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

N.C.’s Democratic Congressional Delegation Condemns EPA Cancellation of Solar for All

By Lisa Sorg
A blanket of smog covers downtown Los Angeles as seen from Mulholland Drive in 1984. Credit: UCLA Library, Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ignoring Federal Law, House GOP Targets California’s Nation-Leading Vehicle Pollution Rules

By Liza Gross
A view of a wind farm in Nolan, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Some Republicans Defend Clean Energy Tax Credits from Trump Administration Cuts

By Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
Flor Olvera gives a pamphlet to resident Emma Garcia while canvassing for Rudy Salas, a Democrat running for California's 22nd Congressional District, in Wasco on Aug. 24. Credit: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

In Competitive Purple Districts, GOP House Members Paint Themselves Green

By Marianne Lavelle, Liza Gross
Rep. Summer Lee attends a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on May 16, 2023. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

As a Contested Pittsburgh Primary Nears, Climate Advocates Rally Around a Progressive Fracking Opponent, Rep. Summer Lee

By Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense
Newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds alongside fellow lawmakers during an election for a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 25. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

With a New Speaker of the House, Billions in Climate and Energy Funding—Mostly to Red States—Hang in the Balance

Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"

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