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Data Center Boom Is Fueling an Expansion of Natural Gas Projects

AI facilities may end up emitting carbon dioxide at levels equivalent to millions of passenger cars each year.

16.02.2026 20

Truthout

Naveena Sadasivam

The United States Sacrificed $35 Billion in Clean Energy Projects Last Year

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For more than a decade, the clean...

10.02.2026 20

Mother Jones

Naveena Sadasivam

New Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Exemptions for Polluters

Critics say financial interests of sterilization companies shouldn’t trump public health concerns about ethylene oxide.

02.02.2026 6

Truthout

Naveena Sadasivam

Trump Invaded Venezuela to Restore an Oil Industry He Helped Destroy

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The middle-of-the-night kidnapping...

12.01.2026 9

Mother Jones

Naveena Sadasivam

How Government Shutdowns Leave Polluting Legacies

Previous pauses in EPA enforcement indicate that a lack of federal oversight can embolden polluters.

11.11.2025 5

Truthout

Naveena Sadasivam

Texas Flood Relief Took a Back Seat to Trump’s Redistricting Demands: “It’s a travesty.”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, flash floods along...

26.08.2025 7

Mother Jones

Naveena Sadasivam

Trump’s “Big Beautiful” Energy Plan Will Burn Your Wallet

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Energy policy analysts are in broad...

11.06.2025 5

Mother Jones

Naveena Sadasivam

Trump’s Budget Bill Is Going to Spike Energy Costs for Households Across the US

Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars in order to block renewable energy projects.

07.06.2025 5

Truthout

Naveena Sadasivam

This toxic chemical is leaking out of nondescript warehouses across the country. Almost no one knows about it

17.04.2025 10

Fast Company

Naveena Sadasivam

If Trump Doesn’t Fix This Blunder, “People Would Die in Their Homes”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The summer of 2021 was brutal for...

16.04.2025 6

Mother Jones

Naveena Sadasivam

Trump’s EPA wants to undo the Roe v. Wade of climate policy

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that...

28.02.2025 10

Vox

Naveena Sadasivam

Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Leaves Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo

Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it.

12.02.2025 9

Truthout

Naveena Sadasivam

Scientists’ Mad Scramble to Save Critical Climate Data From Trump’s War on DEI

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the White House took down a...

08.02.2025 5

Mother Jones

Naveena Sadasivam

What did Trump just do to the environment?

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Within hours of being sworn into office...

21.01.2025 10

Vox

Naveena Sadasivam