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![People gather to look at logo of 2022 FIFA World Cup projected onto building.]()
![People gather to look at logo of 2022 FIFA World Cup projected onto building.]()
Qatar claims the 2022 FIFA World Cup is carbon neutral. It’s not.
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame
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![Photoshopped Coke bottle with COP27 logo on it floating in water]()
![Photoshopped Coke bottle with COP27 logo on it floating in water]()
It’s not just Coca-Cola: Corporations have co-opted the UN climate talks
COP27 is covered with logos. But that's just the start of companies' influence.
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![An aerial view of a street with many small homes flooded with brown water after a hurricane in Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2022]()
![An aerial view of a street with many small homes flooded with brown water after a hurricane in Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2022]()
In a first, EPA will test southern Puerto Rico air and water
Advocates worry that Hurricane Fiona has made groundwater contamination even worse.
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![Food scraps in a compostable bag in a bin]()
![Food scraps in a compostable bag in a bin]()
The myth of ‘home-compostable’ plastics
Study shows 60% of plastics certified for home composting don’t break down.
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![Recycling symbol points toward a landfill]()
![Recycling symbol points toward a landfill]()
380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.
Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.
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![McGowan Peak in Idaho, surrounded by forest.]()
![McGowan Peak in Idaho, surrounded by forest.]()
Idaho cobalt mine is a harbinger of what’s to come
A new venture near Salmon signals an uptick in hardrock mining across the West.
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![Plastic and metal trash against a green background]()
![Plastic and metal trash against a green background]()
The selective accounting behind the plastic industry’s climate-friendly claims
Industry groups are pushing the U.S. government to keep buying their plastics.
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![A photo of rancher Schuler Wight at one of the 100 abandoned wells on his property.]()
![A photo of rancher Schuler Wight at one of the 100 abandoned wells on his property.]()
Abandoned Texas oil wells are blowing out. The state won’t fix them.
Without state or federal funds, farmers, ranchers, and local governments are struggling to fix the environmental damage left from decades of drilling.
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Inside the industry push to label your yogurt cup ‘recyclable’
A network of groups backed by the plastics industry claims polypropylene containers are “widely recyclable,” despite ample evidence to the contrary.
