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Among the places threatened by worsening wildfire: America’s natural and cultural sites.
Climate-Fueled Fires Put America’s Natural and Cultural Sites At Risk - Inside Climate News
New studies find that wildfire is a major threat to significant historical and national park sites across the United States.
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City agencies are appealing a court order that requires them to notify New Yorkers whenever sewage may be discharged into local waterways.
As More New Yorkers Use the City’s Waterways for Recreation, Officials Fight Sewage Notification Order - Inside Climate News
City agencies are appealing a court order that requires them to notify New Yorkers whenever sewage may be discharged into local waterways.
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A drought drying up rivers across Europe is forcing difficult decisions as water for drinking, power production and commerce dwindles.
European Rivers Dwindle Amid Severe Drought - Inside Climate News
Water shortages threaten a Romanian nuclear plant, commercial traffic in Holland and drinking water in the foothills of the Italian Alps.
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Who gets to enjoy California’s expansive coast? Race, gender, geography and income play big roles, researchers find.
Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast? - Inside Climate News
A new study found key disparities in race, gender and class despite a legal right to access beaches and other coastal areas.
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A closed-door deal could saddle Richmond County residents with tons of pollution from an Amazon data center.
Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina - Inside Climate News
Residents say they were left out of the decision-making process for a project that includes hundreds of polluting diesel generators.
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Federal litigation has concluded over toxic contamination at a now-closed Florida migrant detention site for children. The children were exposed to arsenic and lead, among other harms, according to documents released as part of the litigation.
Child Migrants Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Detention Site - Inside Climate News
The contamination is detailed in documents made public as part of federal litigation over the now-closed facility. Advocates say it fits a pattern of migrant incarcerations in harmful environments.
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For decades, the residents of Progress Village, outside of Tampa, have lived beside a radioactive phosphogypsum stack. Now there are plans to expand the waste site.
A Radioactive Waste Stack Looms Beside a Segregation-Era Community—and It’s Expanding - Inside Climate News
Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next d...
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Wolf reintroduction in Colorado has been anything but smooth. One nonprofit founded by a wolf advocate is stepping into the fray to help ranchers.
Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist? - Inside Climate News
A small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves.
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Europe drained 80 percent of its wetlands in the last century and is trying to turn that around. Now a new tool from researchers aims to help countries do that.
Revealing Europe’s Most Critical Wetlands - Inside Climate News
The new study seeks to help countries across the European Union determine the most important wetlands to restore.
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A data-center boom in Pennsylvania will likely drive more fracking. Advocates say the state should mandate more distance between natural-gas development and homes, schools, hospitals and bodies of water.
More Data Centers Will Mean More Fracking in Pennsylvania. These Advocates Want Better Protections. - Inside Climate News
As demand for gas rises, environmental groups say that wider buffer zones are needed around drilling sites. The industry argues that would impede production.
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A mega data center in rural Ohio hosted its first open house, with no signs of organized opposition—a notable contrast to the resistance data centers have sparked across much of the United States.
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
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Communities of color, many already experiencing environmental stressors like pollution and drought, disproportionately bear the brunt of data centers in Washington state, new research shows.
More Than Half of Washington State’s Data Centers Are Located in Environmental Justice Areas - Inside Climate News
Washington is home to dozens of data centers, and more are on the way. But the impacts are not shared equally, a new report finds.
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As AI fuels a data center boom, Georgia's first proposed “pop-up” power plant has become a test case for environmental permitting and state utility law.
Georgia’s First ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant for Data Centers Faces Scrutiny - Inside Climate News
The project is under investigation for allegedly beginning construction before obtaining required air permits as regulators consider whether privately operated power plants can legally serve data cent...
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Maryland is scaling back its energy-efficiency program, claiming it will provide consumers with “immediate relief” on electricity bills. Critics warn the changes could threaten long-term affordability goals.
Maryland Faces Criticism Over Scaled-Back Energy Efficiency Program and Proposed Building Code Changes - Inside Climate News
Gov. Wes Moore’s administration said cuts to the EmPOWER program will provide consumers “immediate relief” but critics warn changes to it and the state’s building codes could threaten long-term afford...
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In Florida, pollution enforcement remains below historic averages amid widespread water quality issues.
Most Florida Waterways Fail Water Quality Standards as Enforcement Lags - Inside Climate News
Amid record staffing cuts, a new report finds state regulators are taking fewer enforcement actions against polluters.
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China can recycle its coming wave of retired EV batteries. The bigger challenge is keeping them away from unsafe informal operators.
China’s EV Problem: What Happens When Millions of Batteries Die? - Inside Climate News
Across the country, many retired electric vehicle batteries are processed by uncertified recyclers, creating environmental and worker safety risks.
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Four organizations filed a lawsuit against Oregon over its new permit for industrial livestock operations, alleging it fails to meet Clean Water Act standards and leaves groundwater and surface water vulnerable to pollution.
A New Oregon Permit for Industrial Farms Violates the Clean Water Act, Advocates Allege - Inside Climate News
Four organizations filed a lawsuit against the state over what plaintiffs say is a failure to adequately monitor and prevent CAFOs from illegally discharging waste into ground and surface water.
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Wildfires in France and Spain have forced one of the largest evacuations in Europe since World War II.
Heat, Drought, Wildfires: Climate Change Supercharges Disasters in Europe - Inside Climate News
Western Europe is experiencing a summer of weather extremes.
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A secretive arbitration system lets companies force big payouts over governments’ climate policies. ExxonMobil is using it to challenge an EU climate solution the company promotes. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
ExxonMobil Uses Corporate Arbitration System to Challenge Climate Solution It Promotes - Inside Climate News
The oil giant has filed a notice of dispute under an energy treaty about the European Union’s carbon capture and storage requirements.
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Trump officials say enforcing environmental laws is still a priority at DOJ, but former attorneys say enforcement has collapsed.
DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say - Inside Climate News
The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division recently changed its name to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and added “unleashing American energy” to its mission.
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As climate change fuels longer wildfire seasons, smoky skies are changing how children play, learn and socialize.
How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood - Inside Climate News
Smoky summers are becoming the new normal across the American West, forcing a generation of children to grow up indoors.
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For decades, scientists assumed that warming oceans would push fish toward the poles. New analysis shows it might instead be sending them deeper.
European Fish Are Adapting to Climate Change in Unexpected Ways - Inside Climate News
As waters warm and industrial fishing expands, fish populations are heading for the depths of the European continental shelf.
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As the federal government considers expanding California’s oil production, environmental advocates and Indigenous organizations are concerned about how new leasing could impact their habitat and community.
California Marine Sanctuaries Face Threats of New Trump-Backed Offshore Oil Leases - Inside Climate News
With the federal government trying to jumpstart California’s oil production, environmental advocates and Indigenous organizations are concerned about what new leasing could do to their habitat and com...
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New tech aims to prevent ships from colliding with whales. Will it be enough?
Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes? - Inside Climate News
In San Francisco Bay, new AI-powered technology aims to help ships dodge whales whose long-haul migration is being disrupted by climate change.
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A proposed mine threatened the Okefenokee’s ecosystem. Then a $60 million conservation deal changed the swamp’s future.
Inside a Land Deal That Saved the Okefenokee - Inside Climate News
Faced with a looming mine on the edge of the Okefenokee, The Conservation Fund spent years negotiating and fundraising for a $60 million purchase few thought possible.
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Billions of tons of coal reserves lie beneath public lands in the West, a new report says, stoking the Trump administration’s plans to resurrect coal.
Trump Administration Eyes Massive Coal Reserves Under Federal Lands - Inside Climate News
The Western U.S. is sitting on billions of tons of unmined coal, a new report from the Department of the Interior finds.
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Air quality in Washington, D.C. was among the worst in the world twice this month. While the city’s particulate pollution and ozone levels have declined since 2000, recurring spikes continue to pose a risk to populations vulnerable to lung disease.
D.C. Air Quality Was Among the Worst In the World Twice This Month. What Can the District Do to Improve It? - Inside Climate News
While the city’s particulate pollution and ozone levels have declined since 2000, recurring spikes continue to pose a risk to populations vulnerable to lung disease.
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A judge rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of a recent court ruling and ordered officials to release funds for a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program.
Federal Judge Orders EPA to Administer Environmental Justice Grants - Inside Climate News
The judge rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of a recent court ruling and ordered officials to release funds for a $2.8 billion federal program.
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Community members on the Navajo Nation are fighting a proposed expansion of a local coal mine and a permitting process they say has left out their voices.
Navajo Mine Applied for a Huge Expansion, but Tribal Members Say They’re Cut Out of the Permitting Process - Inside Climate News
The coal mine would disturb more than 10,000 more acres, pollute the region for more than a century and force some residents of the Navajo Nation out of their homes.
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Recognizing the absence of a federal regulation, OSHA two years ago proposed heat protections for workers. The protections have yet to be finalized as the global climate warms.
OSHA Proposed Heat Protections for Workers. Two Years Later, They’re Still Not Final. - Inside Climate News
In Florida, where the state has banned adoption of local laws intended to protect outdoor workers, the lack of federal rules leaves individuals particularly vulnerable.
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