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JANUARY 23. 2026

Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near mills producing wood pellets say that they’re getting sick.

Europe gets ‘green energy. ’ These Southern towns get dirty air.

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near mills producing wood pellets say that they’re getting sick.

A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous

Climate change is opening previously inaccessible land and sea to development and shipping, boosting global interest in Greenland.

The climate contradictions in MAHA’s new food pyramid

A Q&A with Sam Kass, a former Obama nutrition advisor, on the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines and what they mean for the climate.

JANUARY 22. 2026

Greenland is a global model for Indigenous self-governance. Trump’s demands for the island threaten that.

Historians say underpinning Trump's talk of national security lies a longstanding pattern of American entitlement to Native land.

The Trump EPA ended the ‘green new scam. ’ A year later, communities are still paying the price.

Communities that lost grants have responded in a variety of ways — suing the government, searching for other funds, or simply moving on.

How permanent is Trump’s assault on climate action?

Trump’s attacks on bedrock environmental and climate laws are inherently fragile — and could reflect the president’s preference for political dominance over lasting change.

JANUARY 21. 2026

The consequences of Trump’s war on climate in 7 charts

Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U. S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.

Can you build data centers in a desert without draining the water supply? Utah is finding out.

Governor Spencer Cox and other politicians are pushing for one of the driest states to become a haven for data centers.

JANUARY 20. 2026

In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source

As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladesh Clean volunteers are taking public health into their own hands.

Trump is keeping coal on life support. How long can it last?

A combination of federal intervention and rising energy demand have stalled coal’s decline, but experts see little hope of a lasting revival.

JANUARY 18. 2026

Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry

If enacted, the Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis.

JANUARY 17. 2026

Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions, and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down.

Decades of water depletion, dam building, and repression of scientists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests.

JANUARY 16. 2026

Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game

The agency has long tried to curb carbon emissions and protect human health. Critics say that under Trump it is giving up on both.