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What the beef industry knew about its environmental impact — and how it spent decades blocking climate action.

What the beef industry knew about its environmental impact — and how it spent decades blocking climate action.


If you dislike insects, you’ll hate this.


The bizarre link between your anti-anxiety drugs and salmon.


Don’t buy the hype about “de-extinction.”
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The surprising truth about milk is hiding in plain sight.


Researchers are hoping they may unlock one of animal biology’s greatest mysteries.

California researchers grapple with losing a landscape they love in real time.


It’s the worst allergy season ever. Again. Just like last year.


Sometimes nature thrives in the most unlikely places.


The bipartisan case for abundance, briefly explained.


Trump’s EPA claims that climate change isn’t a danger to human beings

Then Trump got in the way.


For years, dairy milk was plummeting. The vibe shift — and America’s protein obsession — is bringing it back.

Here’s why you should never, ever drink the rain.


How layoffs at NOAA reveal a flaw in the government’s hiring system, briefly explained.


Job cuts, ideology, and a Sharpie: Trump’s beef with an important scientific agency, explained.


EPA chief Lee Zeldin wants to demolish the bedrock of greenhouse gas regulation. It won’t be easy.


Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.


The neglected ways climate change is affecting our health, explained by Valley fever.


A baby bust threatens the future of an already struggling reef.


These government scientists are likely the next in line for big cuts.


A “wholesale decimation of expertise” threatens the natural resources we all rely on, a former top government official tells Vox.


Parks were already facing a staffing problem. Then came the government purge.

Exclusive: The US Fish and Wildlife Service has frozen millions of dollars, imperiling animals abroad.


Don’t let the bitter cold fool you — the world just had the hottest January on record.

California’s last resort for fire insurance may fail. We should all pay attention to what happens next.

In the oil-rich Permian Basin, the dunes sagebrush lizard faces extinction. Will Trump do it in?


A policy wish list, according to water, engineering, and legislative experts.


Lithium-ion battery technology is imperfect, but it’s not going anywhere.

Something strange is happening inside the environmental movement.


Climate change is, unfortunately, giving rats a boost, a new study found.


Trump wants to “unleash American energy.” What does that mean?


Yes, you can still get $7,500 for buying an electric car.


Follow here for the latest news, explainers, and analysis on the Los Angeles wildfires.


8 things you should know about the number that measures bad air.


The latest news and updates about Canada’s wildfires.


The small and big things that protect homes in wildfires, explained by a fire scientist.


The Los Angeles wildfires show the influence of humanity in the world — and our inability to control it.

Thousands of Angelenos lost their homes to LA’s historic fires. Millions more are grappling with a complicated sense of loss.


My extreme self-sacrifice is making me resent my friends who fly all the time.


Trump’s Day 1 attack on climate progress, explained.


How a tiny fish got caught up in a misinformation storm about the LA wildfires.


The US has been hit with particularly extreme cold snaps this winter. Why?

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