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Are we still ‘Dune’ this?
In Denis Villeneuve's latest film, the year is 10191 and we can't get enough of extractive colonialism.
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California proposes 3,200-foot buffer zone between oil wells and homes, schools
The new ruling, a key environmental protection, will impact 30 percent of oil wells in the state.
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‘Climate crisis’ has made it into the Oxford English Dictionary
The eco-lexicon got a major update just in time for the Glasgow summit.
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Michigan officials are finally doing something about a city’s toxic drinking water
The state now plans to remove all of Benton Harbor's lead pipes within 18 months.
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
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The art of repeal: illustrating Trump’s toxic legacy — and Biden’s daunting task ahead
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The EPA cut back enforcement during COVID. These researchers are assessing the damage.
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We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts
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Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
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6 reasons 2020 wasn’t as bad for climate change as you thought
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The Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality
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Top US regulators agree: Climate change is a major threat to the economy
“Our most financially stable future is our most environmentally sustainable future."
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In Chicago, cyclists in Black neighborhoods are over-policed and under-protected
A simple solution for transportation equity: bike lanes.
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Public health experts issue grim prognosis on climate impacts
The Lancet’s annual report warns climate change is compounding heatwaves, food insecurity, mental health problems.
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EPA will finally regulate ‘forever chemicals.’ Experts say it’s not enough.
Advocates say the agency’s PFAS plan is “woefully inadequate.”
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Energy crisis reignites demand for oil, threatening climate targets, says IEA
International Energy Agency warns shortage of gas and coal could trigger oil market rebound.
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The US was on the verge of passing real climate policy. Then Manchin happened.
The Clean Electricity Performance Program would have put America's utilities on track to producing 100 percent clean electricity by 2035.
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‘Mobility Justice’: How cities are rethinking public transportation after COVID
During the pandemic, commuter trains ran nearly empty while buses shuttled essential workers. Now, cities are reevaluating where they spent their transit dollars.
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Who owns the wind, anyway? The case for ‘socializing’ wind power
A new book examines the biggest setback for wind farms: community opposition.
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In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
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