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![Two workers hand a solar panel to another worker on the roof a house.]()
![Two workers hand a solar panel to another worker on the roof a house.]()
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA.
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![a woman in a purple shirt uses a broom to push away debris in a street full of debris on either side. she is ankle-deep in water. There is light coming from behind her. The street is narrow.]()
![a woman in a purple shirt uses a broom to push away debris in a street full of debris on either side. she is ankle-deep in water. There is light coming from behind her. The street is narrow.]()
It’s already official: You’re living through the hottest year on record
According to the European Union's climate agency, 2024 is also the first year to breach a key climate threshold.
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![A small private jet flies through a blue sky with a passenger jet in the background]()
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
An analysis of 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals a 50 percent rise in emissions.
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Mexico is offering water to South Texas. But there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about.
Farmers say they want the water, but not if it goes against the allotment they need for the spring planting season.
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![Citizens walks near a sign for COP29 near the Baku Olympic Stadium, the venue of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference on October 23, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
![Citizens walks near a sign for COP29 near the Baku Olympic Stadium, the venue of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference on October 23, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP29
With U.S. climate commitments in question, the United Nations is forging ahead at this year’s COP29 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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These downballot elections may slow the shift to clean energy
Republicans won, or are leading, in closely watched utility commission races in Arizona, Montana, and Louisiana.
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The funky mold turning food waste into culinary delights
An Indonesian staple is shaking up the restaurant scene — and may just end up preventing a big source of emissions.
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The 5 states where environmental ballot initiatives triumphed
Across the country, voters approved spending billions of dollars on climate resilience and conservation.
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An attempt to repeal Washington’s landmark climate law failed massively
"Every state legislator can now look to Washington and say, ‘This is a winning issue,’” Governor Jay Inslee said. “This is something you can defend and win big on."
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The massive consequences Trump’s reelection could have on climate change
With control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans are poised to upend U.S. climate policy.
