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An offshore wind turbine with two of three blades intact and one missing at the top.

Randi Baird for The New York Times

White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind →

A view of the International Space Station showing a bank of instruments extending from a module with the Japanese flag in orbit over Earth.

NASA

Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped. →

A couple and three children walk hand-in-hand past a gas station surrounded by pavement that has been ripped up by floodwaters.

Hilary Swift for The New York Times

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide →

FEMA workers sifting through the wreckage from Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C.

Loren Elliott for The New York Times

Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’ →

Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Cue the Sun: This Lab Recreates Hot, Sweaty Days to Test Humans →

An industrial scooper dumps a load of shredded plastic material onto a conveyor belt.

Sergio Flores/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Exxon and California Spar in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics →

A worker stands at a folding table at the outdoor entrance of a heat relief station in Phoenix.

Juan Arredondo for The New York Times

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report →

The New York Times

Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like. →

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