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America's land and soil form the foundation of federal environmental, agricultural, and economic policies. Multiple…

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Sustainability

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American Shale Producers Are Winning the Iran War. Airlines Are Losing It.

While headlines focused on the military campaign, the stock market was already sorting winners from losers. In the first seventy-two…

Data Centers Need Massive Power. Here’s Who Decides If They Get It.

Microsoft's stock plummeted in early 2026 after the company revealed an $80 billion backlog of customer orders it cannot fulfill.…

The Environmental Reviews Required Before Building a Massive Data Center

Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are preparing to spend nearly $700 billion on artificial intelligence data centers in 2026. Most of…

Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court to Block State Climate Liability Lawsuits

The Trump administration has submitted a legal brief asking the Supreme Court to stop Colorado communities from suing fossil fuel…

The $220 Billion Climate Damage Bill: Which Federal Programs Pay

That's not a projection or an estimate adjusted for future claims. It's what happened: 23 separate billion-dollar weather disasters, 276…

How NOAA and NASA Coordinate Climate Monitoring—And What They Tell Policymakers

Several climate records broke at once in 2025: warmest ocean heat content on record, record high sea levels, and lowest…

The EPA Process for Updating Emissions Rules When Warming Accelerates

The year 2025 ranked among the warmest on record for surface temperatures—NASA reported it tied for second-warmest with 2023, while…

The Process for Withdrawing from International Treaties, Step by Step

On January 7, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to cease participation in and funding…