Sudan exiles return to help rebuild the country after Omar al-Bashir’s ousting
After 33 years in exile, El Sadig Mohamed gave up the easy life in Canada to return to help rebuild Sudan as it emerges from...
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Supreme Court Could Give Trump Second Chance at Environmental Rollbacks
WASHINGTON — President Trump has initiated the most aggressive environmental deregulation agenda in modern history, but as his first term drives to a close, many...
Trump Administration to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Friday to finalize its plan to open about 9 million acres of the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s...
E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Childrens’ Brains
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago...
California Plans to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 15 Years
California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, in a dramatic step aimed at...
Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial.
America is now under siege by climate change in ways that scientists have warned about for years. But there is a second part to their...
An Alaska Mine Project Might Be Bigger Than Acknowledged
Executives overseeing the development of a long-disputed copper and gold mine in Alaska were recorded saying they expected the project to become much bigger, and...
How California Became Ground Zero for Climate Disasters
California is one of America’s marvels. By moving vast quantities of water and suppressing wildfires for decades, the state has transformed its arid and mountainous...
Hurricane Sally’s Fierce Rain Shows How Climate Change Raises Storm Risks
As hurricanes go, Sally was not especially powerful. Rated a Category 2 storm when it struck the Gulf Coast on Wednesday, it was soon downgraded....
As Wildfires Rage, California Presses Insurers to Cut Rates
Faced with the twin climate crises of historic wildfires and spiraling insurance costs, California on Wednesday laid out new rules to make insurance more affordable...