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Don’t blame Biden for inflation. Blame the climate.
Inflation was a defining issue in the presidential election. Here's how climate change is making everything more expensive.
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![Rows of corn and native grasses near wetlands]()
Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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![A windmill next to a barn with hay bales in front.]()
Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing.
About 80 townships and counties are challenging the state's Public Service Commission over how it plans to implement a new permitting-reform law.
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![Wind turbines stand against a sunset near the Gulf of Mexico.]()
Trump has vowed to kill offshore wind energy — but it might not be easy
A giant wind farm off the Louisiana coast will be hard to derail.
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![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
Democrats and Republicans can't seem to agree over what belongs in the nation's leading agricultural policy.
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![U.S. Representative August Pfluger of Texas, pictured in Washington, DC, in March 2024.]()
![U.S. Representative August Pfluger of Texas, pictured in Washington, DC, in March 2024.]()
Trump’s GOP at UN climate talks: We’re in charge now
In a swaggering press conference at COP29, House Republicans delivered an aggressive message in support of oil, gas, and coal — but kept their options open.
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![Photo of a man in a blue suit gesturing in front of a microphone in front of the Capitol]()
How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
Getting anything accomplished under President-elect Trump might seem far-fetched. But it’s happened before.
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Trump’s second term is already derailing food talks at COP29
At the U.N. climate summit, agricultural emissions are being sidelined — again.
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![People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.]()
![People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.]()
Biden wants to triple nuclear energy generation. Trump will make the call.
At this year's U.N. climate talks, the Biden team hopes a push for one of the most controversial forms of zero-emissions power will be palatable to the president's successor.
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![Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin stand side by side at lecterns]()
Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?
What to expect: deregulation justified as boosts for the economy, and platitudes about the importance of clean air and water.
