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The state’s largest ever settlement for “forever chemicals" holds DuPont and its spin-offs accountable for contamination at four sites and ensures taxpayers won't be left with the cleanup bill.

The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.

Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.

Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.

Your guide to the major coalitions and observers.

Brian Keeper survived the July 4 floods that devastated Hunt, Texas. But moving on may be the hardest part.

To stay afloat, food banks in the Global South are considering selling controversial offsets for revenue.

Overuse has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet.

The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it.

Your guide to federal funding cuts, plus resources for farmers and food businesses seeking support and solutions.

Delegates are meeting in Geneva for a sixth — and potentially final — round of negotiations.

Efforts to pass laws and advance clean energy projects can significantly reduce emissions, and at a low cost.

Climate change could wipe out your favorite small businesses.

The state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving air quality.

After reaching the end of their automotive lives, the batteries are being reused to provide lower-cost grid energy storage.

A conservative push for environmental stewardship clashes with federal policies that expand drilling, logging, and deregulation.

Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.

Disaster-readiness might depend more on who you are than where you live.

Farms, ranches, and food organizations brace for cuts, but the federal agency won’t say who’s next.

In the new horror-tinged Western, a fictional Pueblo tribe and a fractured town reveal how pandemic politics and AI infrastructure deepen old patterns of violence.