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The Iran war made oil prices more expensive. Your groceries could be next

Fertilizer that our food system relies on moves through the Strait of Hormuz, where global shipping has been essentially halted.

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Your 401(k) could shrink due to climate risks. A lawsuit argues that your employer has a duty to protect it

A novel legal challenge alleges that a real estate company breached its duties by failing to protect retirement savings from climate-related financial...

05.03.2026 5

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Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran fossil fuel shocks

Oil and gas prices are affected by global factors. Countries that invested in clean tech solutions are better positioned as the Middle East crisis...

04.03.2026 2

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State lawmakers have introduced 100+ bills to rein in wealth hoarding

After the Trump administration passed federal tax cuts for the wealthy, state legislators are looking to address wealth inequality with their own...

02.03.2026 8

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Trump says AI data centers should be powered by tech companies. Will that actually lower your electricity bill?

At his State of the Union address, the president announced a ‘ratepayer protection pledge.’ Experts say it may not do much good.

25.02.2026 9

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Sam Altman is tired of ‘unfair’ critiques about AI’s energy use. Climate experts say his defensive stance is misguided

In controversial comments, the OpenAI CEO defended resource-intensive AI models by pointing out that humans, too, require lots of energy.

24.02.2026 20

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Tesla still has to pay $243 million over fatal Autopilot crash, judge rules

Elon Musk’s EV maker had attempted to overturn a verdict that held it partially liable for an accident involving a Model S, but that ruling has now...

20.02.2026 5

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Big Tech companies say AI will help solve climate change. Environmental groups call that ‘greenwashing’

AI giants including Google and Microsoft have sometimes touted climate benefits that aren’t backed up by academic evidence, a new report says.

18.02.2026 10

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How Ford is building more efficient EV batteries with help from a tiny charging startup it bought 2 years ago

In its quest to roll out a more affordable electric vehicle, the automaker has had to reimagine every step of its manufacturing process.

17.02.2026 10

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Anthropic has vowed to pay for electricity price hikes from its data centers. Its plan is short on details

13.02.2026 3

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‘A good way of dealing with overpopulation’: Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism

11.02.2026 2

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RFK Jr. disregards science and facts. These STEM experts are fighting back by running for Congress

10.02.2026 4

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Clean energy jobs were soaring during the Biden era. Not anymore

06.02.2026 10

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Your skincare products are full of fats and oils. This startup launched a clean beauty line with ancient chemistry

04.02.2026 10

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Polar vortex disruption helps explain this weekend’s extreme cold weather, despite climate misinformation

31.01.2026 5

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Why is it so cold if there’s global warming? Extreme winter weather can deepen misconceptions about climate

31.01.2026 3

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How a unique ‘chatbot’ is helping a small Chilean community push back on AI

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Ideal host cities for future Winter Olympics are dropping off the map. Fake snow won’t be enough to help

29.01.2026 6

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Patagonia takes drag queen Pattie Gonia to court in trademark infringement lawsuit

23.01.2026 4

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Minnesota is holding an economic blackout on January 23 to protest ICE: What to know about the ‘Day of Truth and Freedom’

22.01.2026 10

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Millionaires are sounding the alarm about democracy — and blaming people like themselves

21.01.2026 10

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GM CEO Mary Barra says people aren’t plugging in their plug-in hybrids. That defeats their whole purpose

17.01.2026 20

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Some scientists say research on microplastics is flawed: What does it mean for our bodies?

16.01.2026 30

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A critical climate trend just reversed—driven by crypto and data centers

15.01.2026 10

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Bill Gates funds many green energy tech solutions, but he says true climate action really needs this to succeed

10.01.2026 5

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12 Hiroshima bombs every second: Here’s how much Earth’s oceans warmed in 2025

09.01.2026 4

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Your dog’s dinner might have a bigger impact on the climate than your own

08.01.2026 6

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America’s 15 richest billionaires got $1 trillion richer as the affordability crisis became a top concern in 2025

03.01.2026 10

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24 million fewer vehicles: One year of congestion pricing in New York City

02.01.2026 10

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These devastating photos show the chaos of Trump’s mass deportation campaign in 2025

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As data center backlash grows across the country, Change.org sees a surge of related petitions in 2025

19.12.2025 4

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Ford is canceling the F-150 Lightning in a major EV pullback, but don’t count U.S. electric vehicles out yet

17.12.2025 5

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‘A willingness to lie’: Why the EPA’s latest Trump-era change is especially concerning

11.12.2025 10

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Home insurance rates have gone up for 6 million people. How climate change and Trump are making the affordability crisis worse

10.12.2025 2

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After NYC implemented congestion pricing, Chicago became America’s worst city for traffic

04.12.2025 2

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Scrubs brand Figs launches nonprofit to help ‘awesome human’ healthcare workers thrive

02.12.2025 4

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Nespresso pods recycled into compost will help restore California soil after devastating wildfires tore through L.A.

02.12.2025 2

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Trump’s anti-climate policies could mean 1.3 million more deaths around the world by 2100, report says

20.11.2025 3

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Tyson Foods will stop calling its beef ‘net zero’ and ‘climate smart’ after lawsuit from environmental group

20.11.2025 7

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Data centers are surging—but so are the protests against them

19.11.2025 5

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Should we really blame billionaires for our own financial struggles? In fact, more Americans say yes

13.11.2025 3

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During the government shutdown and SNAP pause, a lot more people turned to strangers to ask for loans

13.11.2025 3

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Data centers have huge water and carbon impacts. Building them in these states could reduce that

12.11.2025 20

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Exclusive: Outdoor recreation on U.S. public lands generates $351 million a day in economic activity

07.11.2025 2

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These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown

07.11.2025 5

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The newly elected Virginia and New Jersey governors both promised to lower electricity bills. Here’s how

05.11.2025 4

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How Hurricane Melissa quickly became one of the most powerful landfall storms in recorded history

31.10.2025 4

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A Bay Area grocery store will be the first to sell cultivated meat—but you only have a limited time to try it

30.10.2025 2

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Trump killed a program that saved Americans $40 billion a year. This private company is rebuilding it

30.10.2025 3

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Inside Ford’s vision to turn your EV into a personal power plant

28.10.2025 4

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