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Disaster Survivors Sticking Together

We found grace, humanity and friendship in the stories of disparate Americans hit by climate chaos.

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Debris from a home destroyed in the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., in 2025.
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FEMA Could Still Lose More Jobs Despite Court Ruling

A plan to halve the agency’s sprawling work force was illegal, a judge ruled. But the court is not blocking other FEMA cuts.

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The headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C.
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What Is Driving Diesel Prices Up? Energy Chaos Caused by Two Wars.

President Trump recently blamed Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries for causing a spike in diesel prices, but analysts say the Iran war is probably a bigger factor.

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Diesel prices in the United States are up about 65 percent since Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran began.
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Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?

As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.

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Wildfires burning in southwestern France this summer.
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Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running

The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.

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The J.H. Campbell coal plant in West Olive, Mich.
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Choking Global Trade

Low rainfall and shrinking rivers are causing shipping bottlenecks, and higher prices, around the world.

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The Rhine River near DΓΌsseldorf, Germany, last month.
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The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs

Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to β€œphase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.

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Coal barges in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, last month.
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August Ties for Hottest Month on Record

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

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A vendor cooled off with a frozen water bottle in a market in Seoul on Aug. 6.
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Toxic PFAS Cleanups at Military Sites Face Decades of Delay

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.

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An email from the Pentagon to members of Congress said PFAS cleanups at nearly 243 military sites had been delayed.
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U.S. to Lend $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa

No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.

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The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, in January 2025.
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California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste

A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.

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A recycling center in Stockholm. California is trying to build a network for textile waste from scratch.
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The U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields

A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.

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Patagonia Sues Trump Over Reduction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah

The outdoor apparel maker joined environmental and Native American groups in challenging President Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears National Monument.

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Tourists at Muley Point, looking out on Monument Valley, in Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
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In Nepal and Tibet, Pollution on Glaciers Could Fuel More Flood Disasters

Darkened by soot from vehicles and factories, the region’s glaciers are absorbing more heat and melting at dangerous rates.

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A meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal in 2025.
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Chevron Expansion in Venezuela Extends U.S. Influence Over Oil Riches

The U.S. energy giant, which stayed in the country after other Western companies left, will invest $7 billion in the country to more than double its production there.

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Oil infrastructure in Cabimas, Venezuela. Chevron’s expansion is separate from President Trump’s deal for control of oil reserves in the country.
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Missouri Voters Appear to Recall City Councilman Over Data Center Support

Initial results showed that residents of Independence, Mo., voted overwhelmingly to recall an official who backed billions of dollars in tax breaks for a data center.

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Organizers of the recall vote said the councilman, John Perkins, had failed to engage the public while the city negotiated with the developer of a data center project.
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