A Major Journalism Award Honors ‘Trailblazing Series’ on China’s Global Environmental Impact - Inside Climate News

Inside Climate News’ “Planet China” scrutinized the dams, mines and other projects in Beijing’s development campaign beyond its own borders.

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New Power Plants for Data Centers Would Significantly Increase Pennsylvania’s Climate Pollution - Inside Climate News

A new report studied potential emissions from seven planned gas-fired plants that would fuel data centers in Pennsylvania. The industry says it’s investing in clean technology.

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What Happened When an LNG Giant Came to Town - Inside Climate News

Venture Global has left a trail of frustrated customers and former employees. But people in tiny Cameron, Louisiana, say the gas exporter has upended their lives.

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French Oil Major Failed to Fulfill ‘Vigilance’ Duty on Climate, Paris Court Rules - Inside Climate News

In a landmark climate case against TotalEnergies, a French court said the company could not hide behind consumers and needs to account for the full range of its emissions, including those from the use...

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How a Tiny Texas River Agency Plans to Build the Largest Desalination Plant in the Country - Inside Climate News

Officials from the Nueces River Authority collected millions of dollars from cities and utility districts near San Antonio and Austin before they partnered with an Israeli desalination giant.

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Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean? - Inside Climate News

City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September but aren’t sure exactly how, as schools and hospitals drill for water.

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An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church - Inside Climate News

Pressure underneath the West Texas oilfields has caused blowouts and geysers in recent years. Now, salty water is spewing out of the ground in the town of Grandfalls.

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How a 4-sentence email made a Montgomery County man the target of an ICE investigation | KYW Newsradio

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a federal court in Philadelphia to compel Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release copies of the subpoenas it’s been issuing to social media companie...

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Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals - Inside Climate News

The drainage district that commissioned the test has now sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tesla’s operations, near Corpus Christi.

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Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers - Inside Climate News

Even hospitals are drilling wells as the region’s reservoirs reach disastrously low levels and ratings agencies downgrade the city’s outlook.

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At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens - Inside Climate News

The animals, highly susceptible to illness when removed from their habitat, have been kept in a warehouse. More than 31 have died.

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Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands - Inside Climate News

An Interior Department proposal would cancel BLM grazing leases for American Prairie's buffalo in Montana, but it could affect tribal and private herds across the West.

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EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts - Inside Climate News

An Inside Climate News analysis of just-released federal workforce data shows more than 4,000 employees departed between January 2025 and January 2026, including a majority of team leaders.

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Is the FBI Investigating Environmental Activists? - Inside Climate News

A recent visit by an FBI agent to a climate activist hints at a broadening Trump administration effort to target political opponents.

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After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe - Inside Climate News

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petr...

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The Selling Of Melania (Update)

Some might consider it ridiculous that Jeff Bezos thought it wise to pay $40 million to produce a movie no one outside the White House wanted. But then, was it really about making a documentary abo…

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Christine Spolar Joins ICN as Associate Publisher - Inside Climate News

Award-winning journalist, producer and editor Christine Spolar has joined Inside Climate News as associate publisher, a newly created position, after working for over a year as an editor in the newsro...

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New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’ - Inside Climate News

Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world.

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How Trump Derailed a NOAA Pioneer’s Move From Climate Impacts to Solutions - Inside Climate News

Libby Jewett founded the U.S. ocean acidification program and had begun work on offshore wind energy. But she joined the past year’s historic exodus from the agency, the impacts of which are still not...

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How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates - Inside Climate News

After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power.

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How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates - Inside Climate News

After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power.

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Hundreds of Sea Turtles Are Freezing in Cape Cod - Inside Climate News

After being lured to the Gulf of Maine’s warming waters to feed, young sea turtles are trapped and cold-stunned as temperatures drop. A major rescue and rehabilitation response is underway to save the...

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Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million - Inside Climate News

Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, those victims’ tax dollars will go to Chevron, which acquired Texaco ...

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A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge - Inside Climate News

The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem.

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A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election - Inside Climate News

Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright removed himself from a vote last week on an oilfield waste company with which he has financial ties. The move highlighted the close relationship between state official...

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How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders - Inside Climate News

Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure.

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As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System - Inside Climate News

Environmental advocates warn oil leaks or spills could cause irreparable damage to the unique and understudied ecosystem. They are suing the Brazilian government and its largest state-owned oil produc...

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N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldn’t Determine Full Extent of Waste - Inside Climate News

The story of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency’s disaster response efforts was itself ”a disaster.”  That’s what State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, concluded in a scathing 506...

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Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up - Inside Climate News

The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions, possibly generating up to $50 billion for state climate relief. “This should be the easiest v...

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Trump’s Policies Risk Texas’ New Solar and Battery Projects - Inside Climate News

Two-thirds of Texas’ future solar and storage developments are at risk of delay or cancellation due to regulatory uncertainty, a report warns.

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