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  • General view of the world's largest desalination plant using modern hybrid desalination technology at the Saline Water Conversion Corporation's Ras al-Khair Power and Desalination Plant in Ras al-Khair, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2020. Picture taken October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
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    There’s a commodity even more vital than oil and gas in the Middle East — and it’s at risk as war heats up
  • The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is seen at sunrise in Middletown, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 2024. In 1979, the power plant's Reactor 2 was involved in the worst commercial nuclear accident in US history. Reactor 1, however, operated until 2019 and is expected to restart by 2027 in order to power Microsoft's nearby data centers. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
    Trump has undermined the agency tasked with making sure America never has another nuclear meltdown
  • A drone view shows the Zubair oil field in Zubair Mishrif, Basra, Iraq, as operations continue amid regional tensions following the recent disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani
    Essam Al-Sudani/Reuters
    War in Iran has US gas prices spiking. Drilling for more oil here won’t fix things
  • HEBER CITY, UTAH - FEBRUARY 07: People fish along the Deer Creek Reservoir with the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains in the distance on February 07, 2026 near Heber City, Utah. A snow drought and warmer weather across Utah and much of the Western United States has resulted in Utah receiving only around one-third of its normal early February snowpack. The state relies on mountain snowpack for around 95% of its water supply. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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    This weird winter was one of the warmest — and coldest — on record. It’s a glimpse of our future
  • Firefighters work to extinguish fire as the Palisades Fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of whether global warming is speeding up. A new study says it has the answer
  • A view of nature covered in a white blanket following the season's first heavy snowfall in Girdwood, Alaska, United States on November 9, 2025. Snow-covered forests, mountains, and valleys reflect the silence and tranquility of the Alaskan winter with the first light of dawn. According to experts, temperatures across the state are hovering around freezing, and the snow cover is expected to become permanent. While daylight hours in Anchorage and the surrounding area are around 7-8 hours in November, they will drop to 5.5 hours by the end of December. In northern Alaska, the polar night period has begun; the sun does not rise above the horizon for days.
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    Trump keeps trying to auction off this US property for oil drilling. No one is buying.
  • A solar panel from Bright Saver hangs at Craig Keenan's home Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/KT Kanazawich)
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    Faced with rising electricity prices, Americans are stealthily adding DIY solar systems. And they aren’t telling utilities
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    China was already a wind energy superpower. Now it’s testing giant airborne turbines
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  • Homes and vehicles sit destroyed March 11, 2026, in Aroma Park, Illinois. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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    Tornado kills 2 in Indiana as dangerous storms make their final push
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    Tracking destructive and deadly tornadoes in the US, in maps and charts

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  • French startup Vela plans to launch its first wind-powered cargo ship in early 2027. The vessel (under construction and depicted as a rendering) will be capable of transporting over 400 tons of goods on a route across the North Atlantic. <strong>Scroll through the gallery to learn more about how wind power could be making a comeback. </strong>
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    This wind-powered cargo ship wants to cut emissions by up to 96% and deliver faster than conventional sea freight
  • A satellite image of the Al Shuaibah solar plant near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 8, 2025.
    European Space Agency
    This oil-rich country has stood in the way of climate action. It’s quietly building a clean energy empire
  • In this photograph taken on July 2, 2025, technicians install solar panels on the rooftop of a factory in Pakistan's port city of Karachi. Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt.
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    The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions
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    They’re using the techniques honed by oil and gas to find near-limitless clean energy beneath our feet
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  • Former US Senator Bob Kerrey.
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    Democrat quits clean energy firm over Epstein links
    Feb 24, 2026
  • Bedroom with bed and sheet and alarm clock
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    Daylight Saving Time is controversial. Here’s why the US kept it
    Feb 24, 2026
  • THE NORTH SEA - MARCH 11: Windfarms stand in the sea off the East coast near the Humber Estuary on March 11, 2025 in the North Sea, United Kingdom.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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    Trump said wind power is for ‘stupid people.’ Here’s what European countries did 5 days later
    Feb 19, 2026
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: Traffic backs up on northbound Interstate 405 during the morning commute at sunrise on January 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
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    Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution
    Feb 13, 2026
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    Video Bearded vulture on the brink: Conservationists in South Africa and Lesotho race to save this raptor 4:00
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    ‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?
  • A turtle swims in a shallow lagoon at Lady Elliot Island, off the Queensland Coast.
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    ‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet
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    Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis
  • BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
    Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
    A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

EXTREMES

  • Young men inspect a car destroyed by flood waters in an area heavily affected by torrential rains, near Mai Mahiu, Kenya on April 29, 2024. An El Niño event that year made the storms worse than they would normally have been.
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    El Niño could be here soon, bringing wild weather and a hotter climate
    Mar 12, 2026
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    Say goodbye to spring — a major weather pattern shift is coming
    Mar 12, 2026
  • The setup for powerful storm in the central US late Tuesday afternoon into the evening.
    CNN Weather
    At least 2 people killed as dangerous storms tear through central US with tornadoes and huge hail
    Mar 11, 2026

WATER

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    A wildflower in California reveals a newly documented evolutionary process
    Mar 12, 2026
  • This aerial photograph shows a view of Meyil sinkhole, with its pink lake, in Karapinar in the central Anatolian province of Konya, on June 24, 2024. Sinkholes have existed for centuries in Konya, a vast agricultural province known as Turkey's breadbasket but their numbers have risen in recent years due to increasing drought and a subsequent overuse of groundwater for irrigation, experts say. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)
    Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images
    The world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy’ with irreversible consequences
    Jan 20, 2026
  • Children play next to floating houses on the dry banks of Lake Tefe during what the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (Cemaden) says is the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950, near Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil September 17, 2024.
    Jorge Silva/Reuters
    Amazon lakes became ‘simmering basins’ as temperatures spiked to 105 degrees — above recommended limits for hot tubs
    Nov 6, 2025

COST OF LIVING

  • DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA - AUGUST 15: Vegetables on display in a grocery store on August 15, 2025 in Delray Beach, Florida. Wholesale prices for fresh vegetables soared by 38.9 % a record amount, last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images
    Trump’s tariffs, deportations and climate change are making groceries more expensive
    Sep 20, 2025
  • A person buys fruits inside a market in Kolkata, India, on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Sudipta Das/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
    Sudipta Das/NurPhoto/Getty Images
    Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says
    Jul 22, 2025
  • President Donald Trump signs his tax and budget bill from the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, in Washington, DC.
    Tom Brenner/The Washington Post/Getty Images
    How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ frames the defining debate for 2026
    Jul 13, 2025

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