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In her first six months, Donald Trump’s second agriculture secretary has altered the course of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She says prosperity is ‘just around the corner.’ But staffing cuts ...

Inflation Reduction Act Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline. The Trump administration has pulled more than $2.7 billion in climate grants, ...

Gulf Coast $80 million, few rules: Louisiana’s energy efficiency ‘slush fund’ One of the least energy efficient states allows elected commissioners to use ratepayer money for ‘patronage’ projects — ...

Gulf Coast How Big Oil is ruining a small ‘slice of heaven’ town in Texas Export terminals shipping nearly half of U.S. crude oil have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the coastal town into ...

Sustainable Building The gas lobby is weakening Southern California’s boldest clean-air plan in decades A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against a transition away from ...

Sustainable Building This little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making your city hotter As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing ...

Renewables Redlining shaped the power grid. Communities of color are still paying the price. The clean energy transition is moving forward, but the legacy of segregation leaves many urban ...

A truck prepares to haul coal at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming, the largest coal mine in the world. Due to cost and environmental concerns, use of coal to generate U.S. electricity has ...

Renewables Even in red America, clean energy is booming. But now, huge renewable projects are dead. Political uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, with nearly $8 billion in clean energy ...

Concrete built much of the modern world. It paves highways, shelters millions and forms the foundations of countless buildings. But cement, the crucial powder that serves as the binder in concrete, ...