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There’s a Powerful, Hidden Force Behind Migration: Climate Change

Two months after swimming across the breakwaters to Ceuta, Spain, Mohamed learned that his asylum claim was denied. In late July, at his home in...

16.10.2026 10

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Rachel Santarsiero

The EPA Is About to Hand Oil and Gas Companies a Huge Methane-Related Gift

Last week, less than a month after rolling back power plant pollution standards, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin addressed an...

14.10.2026 9

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Rachel Santarsiero

“They Knew, They Lied”: Fire Survivors Bring Their Fight to the Supreme Court’s Steps

On Monday morning outside the Supreme Court, as Justices heard arguments concerning a landmark climate liability lawsuit, a rally organized by the...

06.10.2026 10

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Rachel Santarsiero

Burned Cattle, Drought, Smoke-Choked Pastures—and the SCOTUS Case to Make Exxon and Suncor Pay

After one of the largest wildfires in state history devastated Rio Blanco County, Colorado in 2025, Deirdre Macnab saw her share of horrors across the...

02.10.2026 10

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Rachel Santarsiero

Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back.

On Wednesday—the fourth day New York’s annual Climate Week—a federal judge handed the Trump administration a major victory by striking down New...

29.09.2026 10

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Rachel Santarsiero

The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution

With his characteristic deregulatory zeal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced before an audience of G20 energy...

15.09.2026 20

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Rachel Santarsiero

A Federal Judge Just Killed New York’s $75 Billion Climate Bill for Polluters

On Monday, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that New York State could not enforce its 2024 Climate Change Superfund Act, a landmark law that...

01.09.2026 20

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Rachel Santarsiero

It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change

Deadly heatwaves in May smashed records in the UK, France, Spain, and parts of North Africa. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh saw April temperatures...

24.08.2026 40

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Rachel Santarsiero