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In her last visit to her home state as Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland joined leaders of Jemez Pueblo celebrating the return of its ancestral lands within Valles Caldera.

JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M.—Expressions of excitement and relief filled the room as Pueblo of Jemez leaders and community members joined the U.S. Department of the Interior to celebrate a settlement agreement that upholds the pueblo’s entitlement to ancestral land inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve

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As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining

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Lawmakers failed to bring back formal public hearings in electric rate cases and constrained state environmental regulators. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Despite setbacks and some significant legislative defeats, Alabama environmentalists’ biggest takeaway from the 2026 legislative session is that growing citizen opposition to weak regulation and high energy prices has put real pressure on elected officials and begun to change the political landscape, slowly but surely.

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining

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After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

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Climate-conscious New Yorkers hope the mayor hasn’t forgotten them.

During his New York City mayoral campaign, Zohran Mamdani courted votes from environmentalists. He promised to expand green spaces in public schools and equip them with renewable energy, to meet the demands of the city’s building electrification laws and to increase investments in city parks.

After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

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Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

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That would be American ratepayers—i.e., you.

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Katharine Kollins, the president of Southeastern Wind Coalition.

Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

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