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Facing weakened pollution targets and threats of federal inaction, Maryland and Virginia may have to become the agreement’s enforcers.

The management board of the Chesapeake Bay Program will meet this week to hammer out the next iteration of the agreement that has governed the restoration of the watershed for more than four decades. But this year, they face dual challenges of getting states to sign off on a robust, accountability-driven pact while anticipating a hands-off approach from an Environmental Protection Agency that is already pushing for less ambitious goals.

The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads

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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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A company has proposed to build a crude oil pipeline crossing the Canadian border near where the long-contested project would have entered the United States.

No project better embodies the nation’s wild swings in climate and energy policy than the Keystone XL pipeline.

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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A team including scientists, Indigenous people and conservationists point to the ecosystem connecting Yellowstone and the Yukon as an example of a region where humans and nature are flourishing together.

Governments cannot reach their climate goals without rethinking humanity’s relationship to the Earth.

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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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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