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With election day nearing, New York’s 17th Congressional District remains a toss up as Republican Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley clash over data centers, nuclear power and artificial intelligence.

More than a decade after the EPA found that Iowa wasn’t cracking down on polluting factory farms, the state continues to hedge on enforcement.

Florida’s gubernatorial race pits Republican Byron Donalds, who is endorsed by Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, against Democrat David Jolly, who aims to address climate change in state policy.

More than half of global sulfur hexafluoride emissions, a climate pollutant 24,300 times worse than CO2, come from China. An inexpensive recycling program could help slash emissions, an Inside Climate News analysis concludes.

Grasslands are crucial for carbon storage, wildlife and water quality, but they’re shrinking across North America, according to a new survey.

High prices on diesel and mixed messaging around renewable fuels imperil Republican-held seats in Iowa.

Most of the world’s shallow reefs could collapse in the next 50 years, a new assessment warns.

When PFAS concentrations fall below laboratory reporting limits, they are sometimes treated as zero. A new study suggests this practice may be hiding low levels of contamination in U.S. drinking water.

A Boeing spokesperson said the company obtained the needed Ventura County permits for the demolition and has prepared ahead of time for the environmental impacts.

Extreme heat waves are predictable hazards, so they should be preventable disasters, climate and resilience experts say. But countries are struggling.

A new report suggests PFAS are prevalent in Florida waterways, part of a widespread contamination of the “forever chemicals” in waterways across the country.

Alaska’s tight Senate race revolves around fishing, energy and high prices. Climate change is a key factor, but the candidates are largely avoiding the issue.

Did you ever notice how the talking points against data centers have a lot of overlap with those against wind and solar? Let’s unpack this.

The far-flung global food system has turned into an “agribusiness financial complex,” critics say.

Britain wants a “golden age” of nuclear power. What will it mean for nature?

From wheelchair accessible kayak ramps to night sky observatories and new lodging, the Okefenokee region is in store for change following an historic UNESCO designation.

Development banks loan big agribusiness companies hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Critics say the funds conflict with the banks’ missions and recent efforts to “green” their lending.

If Democrats succeed in winning the Pennsylvania state Senate for the first time since 1993, energy and environmental reform could follow.

Methane gas billows from oil wells, blasts out of pressure valves on pipelines, wafts from sprawling gas processing plants and rises up in clouds when companies air out systems during routine maintenance in the oilfields.

Federal lawmakers want to ban wild sloth imports to the U.S. after dozens of the animals died at a planned Florida tourist attraction called Sloth World.