Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Wyatt Myskow as they discuss the Trump administration’s quest to sell off public lands.

Last week a proposal to sell millions of acres of public lands was ruled out by the Senate parliamentarian. Environmental groups heralded the news, but the threat of sell-offs remains. The Trump administration already has rolled back other rules protecting remote areas of the country, including the provision to keep roads out of national forests.

Wyatt explains what’s at stake when public lands are sold, how the American public feels about it, and where we’re heading in this fiercely partisan debate.

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Liza Gross as they discuss the latest research on extreme heat and what policymakers are, and are not, doing to keep people safe.

As temperatures rise across the globe, researchers are racing to learn more about how extreme heat affects human, plant, and animal health. In a new study, scientists found that heat waves are changing disease dynamics in unpredictable ways, giving pathogens an upper hand.

Liza explains more on these findings, the need for this type of research being canceled by the Trump administration, the national debate around rules to keep workers safe from heat, and the most important thing people can do this summer to protect themselves against high temperatures.

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Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and Florida reporter Amy Green as they discuss NOAA’s predictions for hurricane activity this year.

Uncertainty swirls at the start of this year’s hurricane season. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, forecasts an above-average number of storms, while the Trump administration fires employees, freezes funding, and dismantles agencies – like NOAA and FEMA – set up to help.

Amy explains the role the federal government now plays in disaster response and recovery, how Floridians feel about hurricanes, and what to make of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ approach to climate change.

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Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Teresa Tomassoni as they discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to promote deep-sea mining in U.S. and international waters.

With a new executive order, President Trump paved the way for what his administration called “The Next Gold Rush,” promoting deep-sea mining of critical minerals used in defense systems, batteries, smartphones, medical devices, and more.

On the eve of the U.N. Oceans Conference, Teresa explains what the executive order does—and does not—authorize, what’s at stake for vital underwater ecosystems, and some of her favorite mind-blowing facts about the oceans.

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Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Katie Surma as they discuss the secretive system forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies.

Big companies use free trade agreements to extract millions, even billions, of dollars from poor developing countries through a shadowy system known as investor-state dispute settlement.

Katie explains how ISDS gives corporations surprisingly expansive rights, the harmful impact that has on people and the environment, and why it’s been able to continue for so long with so little public oversight.

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Lee Hedgepeth as they discuss controversial plans to build a massive data center in the piney woods outside Birmingham.

The 4.5-million-square-foot data center stands to be one of the largest in the country and could consume more than 10 times the amount of energy used by all residences in Birmingham each year. Lee explains how residents are reacting, what will happen to the woodlands targeted for the development, and why public officials are bound to secrecy.

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Martha Pskowski as they discuss what the oil and gas industry is doing with billions of gallons of scarce Texas river water.

Oil and gas companies have been drawing enormous amounts of water from the drought-diminished Rio Grande and Pecos River in Texas – but no one knew how much until Martha Pskowski began her reporting.

Martha explains what she learned in her exclusive analysis of the data she obtained, what’s happening to all that water, and what it means for the residents and farmers who rely on these rivers.

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Bob Berwyn as they discuss the latest climate science and the scientists behind it.

Climate reporter Bob Berwyn was on the scene as 18,000 scientists from 130 countries gathered for the European Geosciences Union annual conference.

Two hot topics on the program: how climate change is increasing unexpected clear-air turbulence, and how the global science community is rallying around American colleagues in this anti-science moment.Bob explains what's happening and what to expect in the next few years.

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Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Kiley Bense as they discuss the impact of Trump’s first 100 days on the environment.

Seven ICN reporters came together to produce a comprehensive analysis of the Trump administration’s orders, pronouncements, and actions on climate that, environmentalists fear, may set the country back decades.

Kiley explains what it was like to knit together multiple dispatches from her colleagues who spoke with 16 different sources – including the White House.

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