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FILE – A barge on the Ohio River moves past the Mountaineer Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant near New Haven, W.Va., March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Chicago joins lawsuit over Trump’s EPA repealing rule that limits emissions from power plants

October 1, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

The City of Chicago joined other cities and states suing the Trump administration for repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural...

Solar panels operate, April 28, 2026, at a farm in Christiana, Tenn. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans

September 18, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge in Rhode Island...

FILE – The cooling towers for units 4, left, and 3, right, are seen at Plant Vogtle, operated by Georgia Power Co., in east Georgia’s Burke County near Waynesboro, Ga., on May 29, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

June 23, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

England’s Harry Kane (9) cools off during a hydration break of the World Cup Group L soccer match between England and Croatia in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

FIFA-mandated hydration breaks at the World Cup have sparked criticism. But what do they actually do?

June 19, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA is mandating all soccer players take hydration breaks to protect them from the threats of extreme heat.

Jess McClain of Phoenix, the top American woman finisher, pumps her fist while approaching the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 20, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Jess McClain and Zouhair Talbi run the fastest times ever for Americans at the Boston Marathon

April 20, 2026 at 2:26 p.m.

Zouhair Talbi and Jess McClain ran the fastest times ever for Americans at the Boston Marathon on Monday, both finishing fifth in their respective divisions.

Olympic rings are covered by snow at the sliding center during the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Organizers of the Milan Cortina Olympics made clean energy a priority. Here’s how they did it.

February 21, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of...

A community member looks at flowers, notes and mementos in a makeshift memorial display sitting in front of Brown University’s Van Wickle gates, in Providence, R.I., two days after a shooting took place on the university’s campus, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Lily Speredelozzi/The Sun Chronicle via AP)

Brown University shooting leaves students, community frustrated with official response

December 16, 2025 at 8:39 a.m.

The ongoing effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University ’s campus during a busy exam season and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall...

Plastic items are seen next to an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, titled ‘The Thinker’s Burden’, a 6-meter-tall sculptural remix of Rodin’s iconic Thinker, created especially for the Plastics Treaty negotiations, on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 before the second segment of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2). (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis

August 5, 2025 at 6:42 a.m.

Nations kicked off a meeting to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signs executive orders to boost nuclear power, speed up approvals

May 23, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely...

Rachael Z. Miller, founder of the Vermont-based Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, conducts a tape test on various clothing items to compare how much each material sheds microfibers on Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Granville, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day.

April 22, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

A single load of laundry can release millions that are so tiny wastewater treatment plants can’t capture them all.

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