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Inside Climate Newsby By Phil McKenna, Investigative Reporter·2 Sept 2026

Many of our impact case studies cover ongoing stories that Inside Climate News continues to actively cover.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Bob Berwyn·2 Sept 2026

Fossil fuel emissions are pushing Earth’s climate toward a dangerous new phase of climate “overshoot,” scientists warned Wednesday in a new report from the United Nations Environmental Programme.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Lauren Dalban·1 Sept 2026

A federal judge has struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, ruling that it “conflicts with” federal authority.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Kiley Price·1 Sept 2026

An intense downpour at Grand Canyon National Park transformed hiking trails and shallow creeks into deadly rapids over the weekend, killing at least two people.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Mosabber Hossain·1 Sept 2026

About a month ago, two wildfires ignited a day apart in southwest Montana. The Bobcat Lakes Fire started July 31 near Wise River, followed by the Sand Creek Fire on Aug. 1 near Wisdom.

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Inside Climate Newsby Story and photos by Katie Surma·1 Sept 2026

PUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands did not come to this Amazonian city to lobby politicians at an environmental conference hosted by governments.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Peter Aldhous·1 Sept 2026

By its own account, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is doing a fantastic job. In a March report on its performance in the last fiscal year, the agency boasted that it had concluded 2,127...

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Inside Climate Newsby By Liza Gross·1 Sept 2026

Most people decide if it’s safe to eat an old tub of yogurt in the fridge or canned tuna in the back of the cupboard by checking its sell-by date.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Johnny Sturgeon·31 Aug 2026

Over the weekend, Iceland voted against resuming talks to join the European Union. At the heart of the referendum question: fish.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Daniel Perrin·31 Aug 2026

PHILADELPHIA—A simmering debate over the future of Philadelphia’s Bellwether District has been reenergized by a Planning Commission presentation last month that identified the industrial zone as...

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Inside Climate Newsby By Lisa Sorg·30 Aug 2026

Feeding the Beast: Second in a series about lax regulation, corporate influence and the heavily polluting, yet nearly untouchable American meat industry.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Gabriel Matias Castilho·30 Aug 2026

Data center developers and states see small modular nuclear reactors as one of the potential solutions for America’s increasing energy demand due to their smaller sizes and ability to provide...

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Inside Climate Newsby By Lee Hedgepeth·29 Aug 2026

Wired for Profit: Fifth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Gabriel Matias Castilho·29 Aug 2026

Both President Donald Trump and a clean energy super PAC that backed Darline Graham, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, are celebrating her victory over Rep.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Steven Rodas·29 Aug 2026

KERMAN, Calif.—One hundred degrees on a steamy Thursday afternoon and not much can be seen along the dust-blown avenue in Kerman. A school bus cruises by. Cows lap up water or feed behind a fence.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Kyle Bagenstose·29 Aug 2026

WINDBER, Pa.—Standing on the rocky banks of Paint Creek in western Pennsylvania, Jim Panaro pointed out the colors of contamination.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Bob Berwyn, Nicholas Kusnetz·28 Aug 2026

Residents and rescue workers in flood-ravaged valleys of Nepal faced the threat of a new wave of inundation Friday, as scientists warned that debris had blocked rivers upstream, forming fragile...

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Inside Climate Newsby By Lisa Sorg·28 Aug 2026

The Trump administration is expediting an environmental review of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline System that would reauthorize the project for another 30 years, including the pipeline, pump...

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Inside Climate Newsby By Liza Gross·28 Aug 2026

Farmers have relied on plastic since the 1960s, when the mass production of affordable agricultural tools derived from petrochemicals made them widely accessible.

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Inside Climate Newsby By Mosabber Hossain·28 Aug 2026

When the Sand Creek Fire crested Montana’s Maverick Mountain 16 days ago, Cory Birkenbuel watched as firefighters and aircraft fought to keep the flames from taking a place that had been part of...

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