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The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal legislation and a changing water landscape.

FT. WASHAKIE, Wyo.—Indigenous Peoples’ Day in October was thick with smoke on the Wind River Indian Reservation, with glimmers of fall foliage along its southwestern rivers shrouded in haze beneath a fuzzy horizon. Reservoirs were shriveled by drought, wildfires raged to the northwest, snow was conspicuously absent from mountain peaks and rivers dried to trickles. It wasn’t hard to imagine a future with much less water here.

Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes Sending it to Outside Irrigators

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Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.

Exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood asthma, according to new research from Sweden.

Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance

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Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy.

In President Donald Trump’s telling, the United States has fuel enough to hover above the chaos that his attack on Iran has triggered in global energy markets.

Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance

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Unpacking Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal

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A World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing, despite high costs and the wishes of their owners.

At one time, the U.S. electricity grid ran mostly on coal.

Unpacking Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal

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