The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires.
Energy and the Environment
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Washington State Keeps Its Cap-and-Invest Climate Plan
Evergreen State voters decide that the billions in revenues generated by the Climate Commitment Act are worth preserving.
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The Climate Crisis Is a Cost-of-Living Crisis
The right’s climate denial means higher prices.
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From Pews to Polls, to Save the Planet
Climate Revival seeks to inspire Black voters of faith to prioritize climate change.
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Post-Helene Recovery Underlines Americans’ Uneasy Relationship With Appalachia
After the region’s latest climate disaster, local residents grapple with destruction and frustration.
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Washington Tests Its Climate Ambitions
A ballot initiative funded by a millionaire transplant threatens the success of the state’s signature cap-and-invest program.
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Falling Into Climate Disaster
Red and blue states look past each other on issues like carbon emissions, power generation.
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Q&A: FEMA Isn’t Coming for the Generators
Former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate talks about the agency’s budget and what the agency does and doesn’t do.
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The Biden Administration Response to Helene Has Been Good
If Donald Trump were president, this would not be the case.
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Water Is Not the Problem With Artificial Intelligence
Data centers are nothing compared to cattle farming.
