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Traces of a carcinogen and an environmental poison are two of the contaminants found in a ditch where Tesla’s lithium refinery discharges wastewater, testing commissioned by Nueces County, Texas officials found. insideclimatenews.org/news/21042026/…

The U.S. Forest Service is going through big changes. What will happen to its 120+ year archive of national forest history? insideclimatenews.org/news/24042026/…

Solar, wind, batteries, coal, oil and gas will all be competing in a new Western day-ahead electricity market. Wyoming’s biggest utility has just jumped into the fray, and its customers may benefit. insideclimatenews.org/news/01052026/…

A group of nations wants to end-run the U.N. climate process to speed up fossil fuel phaseouts. But there are serious political headwinds. insideclimatenews.org/news/01052026/…

“This is a crisis.” A first-of-its-kind federal report shows that electricity shutoffs in Florida rank among the highest in the nation. insideclimatenews.org/news/21042026/…

Despite Trump’s attempt to kill it, a Biden-era EV charging program expanded its spending in 2025 and is poised to keep growing. A new report looks at some of the numbers. insideclimatenews.org/news/30042026/…

Conservation groups say Alligator Alcatraz was unlawfully rushed to completion without an environmental review. Newly released records show the state commissioned one last year. insideclimatenews.org/news/30042026/…

Democrats and Republicans are pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate NOAA’s research office and monitoring stations across the globe in the FY 27 budget. insideclimatenews.org/news/29042026/…

After the Virginia legislature rejected some of her ratepayer protections, Spanberger has 30 days to sign or veto a Dominion-backed bill that would assign costs to data centers and continue an underground program. insideclimatenews.org/news/29042026/…

California is set to build 24 new data centers, according to the latest analyst estimates. One proposed in Imperial County shows just how complicated getting water for the facilities can be. insideclimatenews.org/news/29042026/…

Thousands of Americans claim they got cancer from Roundup, the world’s most commonly used herbicide, which has been linked to health problems in both animals and people. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether their lawsuits will survive. insideclimatenews.org/news/27042026/…

Duke Energy has received three tax breaks for three data centers in North Carolina—meanwhile, the utility is proposing rate hikes to pay for natural gas plants that would power data centers statewide. insideclimatenews.org/news/27042026/…

The nets Europe’s bottom trawlers drag across the ocean floor are releasing CO2 stored in the seabed and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process. insideclimatenews.org/news/27042026/…

A new study found that over 70 percent of marine protected areas are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants—making corals and other marine life more vulnerable to climate change. insideclimatenews.org/news/26042026/…

In Florida, predominantly Black and brown communities face hotter temperatures, rising seas and more damaging storms. The Trump administration’s environmental cuts leave them more vulnerable. insideclimatenews.org/news/27042026/…

As lawmakers threaten to undo conservation funding in the Farm Bill, a new study finds high levels of nitrates in water that conservation measures address. insideclimatenews.org/news/27042026/…

The Pacific Ocean is the planet’s biggest climate kitchen—and one of its pots may be about to boil over. insideclimatenews.org/news/25042026/…

A group of nations wants to end-run the U.N. climate process to speed up fossil fuel phaseouts. But there are serious political headwinds. insideclimatenews.org/news/24042026/…

Fossil-fuel-funded Republicans try to discredit a climate report upholding indisputable evidence that greenhouse gases endanger health and welfare by accusing the esteemed National Academies of bias. insideclimatenews.org/news/24042026/…

A far-reaching attempt to weaken U.S. endangered-species protections was supposed to get a vote on Earth Day. Here’s why that got canceled. insideclimatenews.org/news/23042026/…