Energy and Environment: Mexico’s wheat fields help feed the world. They’re also releasing a dangerous greenhouse gas.

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OUR BEST DEAL: 99¢ every four weeks for one year.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Luis Antonio Rojas/For The Washington Post) Mexico's wheat fields help feed the world. They're also releasing a dangerous greenhouse gas. Farmers in the Yaqui Valley are driven to over-fertilize their crops, resulting in an explosion of nitrous oxide emissions with deadly and invisible consequences. By Joshua Partlow and Chris Mooney ●  Read more »   A refinery rained oil on thousands of St. Croix homes. Now it could reopen. St. Croix lawyer on the plant's pollution: "It's like a ticking time bomb" By Juliet Eilperin, Darryl Fears and Salwan Georges ●  Read more »   In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature Marjan de Blok has no engineering, architecture or hydrological training — but she's spearheaded a movement for urban dwellers grappling with rising sea levels and the accelerating impacts of climate change. By Shira Rubin ●  Read more »   After decades, some of America's most toxic sites will finally get cleaned up The revival of a long-lapsed tax on chemical makers in the bipartisan infrastructure law means cities like Newark will get money to restore toxic Superfund sites. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   New Biden rule reducing climate emissions from cars and SUVs reverses major Trump rollback The joint Environmental Protection Agency-Transportation Department regulation finalized Monday marks the president's single biggest step to fight global warming. But Congress has stymied his most ambitious climate plans. By Dino Grandoni, Faiz Siddiqui and Anna Phillips ●  Read more »   Manchin's opposition to Build Back Better bill undercuts Biden's climate agenda The legislation included hundreds of billions for electric-vehicle charging stations, as well as tax credits for wind and solar projects. By Anna Phillips ●  Read more »   Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps. The French government wants to build new reactors. The German government wants to shut them down. By Rick Noack ●  Read more »   2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead. "The weather of the past will not be the weather of the future," says a NOAA scientist. "As long as we are emitting greenhouse gases at a historically unprecedented rate, we should expect this change to continue." By Sarah Kaplan and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   U.S. funding ban for Chinese buses arrives, disrupting transition to electric BYD, a major Chinese electric vehicle company, wanted to be a player in electric buses, but its position is in doubt. By Ian Duncan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Manchin rejects offshore drilling ban amid broader standoff over Biden agenda Democratic plans to restrict new oil and gas development offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, raise red flags for Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), a crucial swing vote. By Jeff Stein and Anna Phillips ●  Read more »   The record-breaking tornadoes that swept the United States, by the numbers Tornadoes ripped through parts of the South and Midwest, leaving behind loss and destruction on a scale difficult to fathom. Here are the key numbers to know. By Washington Post Staff ●  Read more »   At least 5 dead after tornadoes, storms blast through Great Plains and Midwest The National Weather Service confirmed that at least 21 tornadoes touched down in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. By Bryan Pietsch, Jason Samenow, Annabelle Timsit and Timothy Bella ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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