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Pentagon regulations prohibit the military from cleaning up its bases once they have been vacated overseas. Journalist Lynzy Billing spent months in Afghanistan interviewing Afghans who lived and worked near three vast American installations about the war’s environmental devastation.

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Managing Producer Jenni Doering with freelance journalist Lynzy Billing.

Q&A: America’s 20-Year War in Afghanistan Is Over, but Some of the U.S. Military’s Waste May Last Forever

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Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

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Lawmakers adjourned without passing a single measure addressing data center expansion, tax breaks or consumer protections.

When the final gavel fell on Georgia’s legislative session, Big Tech and Georgia Power had little reason to be disappointed.

Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

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California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

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The nation’s top agricultural producer could ban pesticides with PFAS after researchers found the “forever chemicals” on 40 percent of the conventional produce grown in the state.

California Assemblymember Nick Schultz is leading an effort to phase out the use of pesticides containing toxic “forever chemicals” to safeguard the nation’s produce.

California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

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Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts

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An Inside Climate News analysis found the department lost 21 percent of its workforce in 2025. Those cuts have thrown it into disarray.

Amanda Koehler has spent the past decade working to help young and first-time farmers gain access to land—the single biggest obstacle for people who aspire to grow crops or raise animals but can’t afford the soaring cost of acreage.

Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts

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