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Orders pulled back approval of new wind leases, lifted restrictions on resource extraction and cut off money dedicated to electric vehicle charging. Their legality may be challenged, but climate advocates are preparing for the worst.

Across the country, people fighting climate change and pushing for cleaner energy systems are facing a bleak new reality. President Donald Trump has upended their work with executive orders he signed in his first few hours in office.

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

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‘Sponge Cities’ Are Catching On. But Can They Handle Supercharged Storms?

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Pairing engineered stormwater infrastructure with green spaces can reduce flooding in cities. But wetter storms are pushing these systems to the brink, experts say.

In 2011, a short but catastrophic cloudburst hammered Copenhagen, flooding parts of the Danish city with more than 5 inches of rain in a single day.

‘Sponge Cities’ Are Catching On. But Can They Handle Supercharged Storms?

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Emergency Drawdown at Flaming Gorge Hits Its Recreation Economy

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The drought-induced draw to save downstream Lake Powell is wreaking havoc on Wyoming-Utah’s beloved recreation area.

As campers with boats flocked to Buckboard Marina at the start of Memorial Day weekend, Tony Valdez was busy issuing refunds and repairing broken boat ramps. One older Green River man, who walked with two canes, left with his money refunded for the season after discovering he could not safely make it down to the boat slip. Due to dropping water levels at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, the ramp is now buckled, angling up and down like a pitched roof.

Emergency Drawdown at Flaming Gorge Hits Its Recreation Economy

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More Coral Reefs May Survive Climate Change Than Scientists Once Thought

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A new global analysis maps reefs with the greatest potential to withstand warmer temperatures, strengthening calls for their protection.

For years, the outlook for coral reefs has been increasingly bleak. Mass coral bleaching events caused by severe marine heatwaves have fueled repeated warnings that reefs are rapidly on an irreversible path of decline. But new research is challenging that narrative.

More Coral Reefs May Survive Climate Change Than Scientists Once Thought

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