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![Black smoke billows across the sky as a chemical storage site burns in a fire.]()
![Black smoke billows across the sky as a chemical storage site burns in a fire.]()
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
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![EPA administrator Lee Zeldin stands at podium with flags behind him]()
![EPA administrator Lee Zeldin stands at podium with flags behind him]()
Trump’s EPA accidentally made the case against passing the Big Beautiful Bill
GOP leaders claim that repealing power plant pollution rules and tax breaks for renewables will fuel an energy boom. Experts say they’re doing just the opposite.
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![A mural showing three coal miners is seen through the window of a business in Kittanning, Pennsylvania.]()
![A mural showing three coal miners is seen through the window of a business in Kittanning, Pennsylvania.]()
Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning
When the Trump administration moved to shut mine safety offices and shutter a program that protects miners from black lung disease, miners demanded it reverse course. It quietly did.
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The Supreme Court just blew up a major environmental law
A unanimous decision will allow a controversial Utah oil project to go forward, while easing climate review standards for future major energy projects.
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![President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson]()
![President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson]()
Trump’s budget bill is on the verge of transforming how America eats
The drastic policy shifts will make it harder on those who grow food — and on those struggling to afford to eat.
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![Dark view of a factory with plume emitting from a chimney and cars parked in the parking lot.]()
![Dark view of a factory with plume emitting from a chimney and cars parked in the parking lot.]()
‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
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![A worker sifts through cans in a blue tub]()
![A worker sifts through cans in a blue tub]()
This Portland collective keeps the city clean — and helps unhoused people find stability
“There’s this stigma that if you’re homeless, then you’re useless. But collecting bottles and cans — it is work."
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![Hand holding a cup as water from a faucet fills the cup.]()
![Hand holding a cup as water from a faucet fills the cup.]()
The EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 PFAS. Thousands more remain unregulated.
Experts say it’s past time to regulate "forever chemicals" as a class.
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![President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins]()
![President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins]()
Trump radically remade the US food system in just 100 days
The people who grow and sell America's food no longer trust the USDA. We made a timeline to show you what happened.
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![Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.]()
![Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.]()
‘Build, baby, build’: Canada’s new prime minister wants to make the country into an ‘energy superpower’
Mark Carney has promised to partner with Indigenous peoples. He's also promised to fast-track extractive energy projects.
