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An enormous solar project is moving forward in California, on land that farmers have had to keep fallow as the state restricts over-pumping the aquifers used to irrigate crops.
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More than a year since Hurricane Helene devastated the Southeast, the region is dealing with a slow-moving, second disaster: mold.
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A winter storm is lashing New England on Monday, bringing high winds and heavy snowfall.
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NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.
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More than 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River when a major pipeline collapsed in mid-January.
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The federal government plans to pay to keep coal plants open longer. It recently selected Duke Energy’s two-unit coal-burning plant to receive up to $34 million.
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Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe.
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Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.”
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The governor's executive order declaring a state of emergency said the fires in Woodward county are about 20% contained.
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Warming temperatures and no snow are problems in Western states, where winter sports are a billion-dollar industry.
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Last week, the EPA rolled back a key climate finding that gave the federal agency the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Wednesday morning, environmental groups took the EPA and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, to court.
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The number of moose in Minnesota is about half what it was just 20 years ago.