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![A balding man in a checkered button-down shirt speaks empatically.]()
![A balding man in a checkered button-down shirt speaks empatically.]()
Montana’s new anti-climate law may be the most aggressive in the nation
The legislation, signed into law last week, is even more restrictive than North Carolina’s infamous 2012 law that prohibited policymakers from considering sea-level rise projections.
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![Photo of cars in a highly flooded street in New Jersey.]()
![Photo of cars in a highly flooded street in New Jersey.]()
The laws that took down mobsters are now being turned against Big Oil
Cities in New Jersey and Puerto Rico claim oil companies are behind a conspiracy to deceive the public.
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![Smoke rises into a clear sky from the two smokestacks at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-powered power plant in Cumberland, Tennessee.]()
![Smoke rises into a clear sky from the two smokestacks at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-powered power plant in Cumberland, Tennessee.]()
Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.
The Tennessee Valley Authority — the nation's largest public utility — wants to replace two coal power plants with natural gas, raising climate and environmental justice concerns.
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El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion
A new study shows the weather cycle packs a heavy financial punch.
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![A student holds a milk carton]()
This LA teen is suing her school district — and the USDA — to promote nondairy milk
A growing number of students nationwide are fighting the government's mandate to serve cow's milk in public schools.
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![A man wearing waders and a vest uses a net to remove dead salmon from the foamy water of a river polluted with firefighting foam flame retardant.]()
![A man wearing waders and a vest uses a net to remove dead salmon from the foamy water of a river polluted with firefighting foam flame retardant.]()
The EPA’s proposed PFAS regulations ignore a major source of drinking water contamination
A new study suggests unregulated “precursor” compounds account for half of total PFAS pollution at sites around the country.
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![Photo of dry, wilted sunflowers with dark clouds in the background]()
![Photo of dry, wilted sunflowers with dark clouds in the background]()
It’s near certain that the next 5 years will be the hottest yet
El Niño may push global temperatures past 1.5C, the World Meteorological Organization warned.
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![illustration of hurricane damage to trees, power lines, house, and car, with a FEMA worker and Oath Keeper viewed from behind]()
![illustration of hurricane damage to trees, power lines, house, and car, with a FEMA worker and Oath Keeper viewed from behind]()
When disaster strikes, far-right groups see an opportunity to gain trust
As FEMA struggles to keep up with climate disasters, extremist groups see an opportunity.
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![A worker from the Danish firm ReSea Project collecting plastic waste in Indonesia, home to some of the world's most polluted waters.]()
![A worker from the Danish firm ReSea Project collecting plastic waste in Indonesia, home to some of the world's most polluted waters.]()
UN calls on governments to reduce, reuse, recycle — for real this time
But advocates argue the new report doesn’t focus enough on curbing plastic use.
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![Rain pounds down on a wall of mud almost 8 feet tall that had slammed against the home’s vinyl siding.]()
![Rain pounds down on a wall of mud almost 8 feet tall that had slammed against the home’s vinyl siding.]()
Grist comic on Kentucky disaster relief distributed as educational tool
A local nonprofit will give out hundreds of print copies of the story.
