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Republicans Exploit an Obscure Law to Open This Pristine Minnesota Wilderness to Mining

This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Minnesota’s Boundary Waters...

17.04.2026 6

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Rebecca Egan Mccarthy

The GOP Just Passed a Resolution to Open Minnesota Wilderness Up For Mining

The Forest Service has warned that mines like the one under consideration could cause “serious and irreplaceable harm.”

17.04.2026 3

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A Texas City Faces Water Crisis As Big Oil And Gas Use Most of It

Corpus Christi faces a looming emergency as officials delay limits on large-scale water consumption.

29.03.2026 10

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“I Believe in one God, and It’s Not a Computer”

This story was originally published by Grist and Spotlight PA is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “I don’t like to see...

21.03.2026 10

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Residents of Small Pennsylvania Town Resist 6 Planned AI Data Center Campuses

With little available affordable housing, residents of a trailer park are set to be evicted to make way for the centers.

19.03.2026 10

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Rebecca Egan Mccarthy

Global Heating Accelerated Rapidly Over the Past Decade, a New Study Claims

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For years, scientists have been keeping...

18.03.2026 10

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Takes Flack for Ditching Regional Carbon Pact

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last month, Pennsylvania Governor...

08.12.2025 10

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FEMA’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As 2025 draws to a close,...

02.12.2025 10

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Hurricane Melissa Recovery Puts Jamaica’s Climate Resilience Plan to the Test

A $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help the island recover, but experts hope for more investment in adaptation.

08.11.2025 10

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Nobody Wants This Dirty Gas Plant. Trump is Forcing It To Stay Open.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration, citing an...

09.09.2025 10

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Rebecca Egan McCarthy

Trump Admin Is Using Environmental Protections to Throttle Renewable Energy

The Interior Department is turning laws meant to protect land and wildlife into tools to hamper solar and wind projects.

21.08.2025 10

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Rebecca Egan McCarthy

Why Flash Flood Warnings Are Never Enough

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This year’s Fourth of July was...

19.07.2025 10

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Rebecca Egan McCarthy