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![A worker stands on a mechanical lift amid construction on a large building]()
![A worker stands on a mechanical lift amid construction on a large building]()
In Georgia, companies want to cut emissions. Utilities are holding them back.
With less than half of Georgia Power's electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets.
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![Clay-colored water floods land, with only tops of trees sticking up.]()
![Clay-colored water floods land, with only tops of trees sticking up.]()
Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state
When Indigenous peoples were forced off their lands, they were boxed into flood-prone areas.
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![Kamala Harris speaks at a lectern outside with Joe Biden in the background]()
![Kamala Harris speaks at a lectern outside with Joe Biden in the background]()
What would a Harris presidency mean for the climate?
A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House.
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![A series of six photos show a man with injuries, a tap, a woman, someone looking at a person's hair, a woman collecting water, a person holding pills, and an industrial facility.]()
![A series of six photos show a man with injuries, a tap, a woman, someone looking at a person's hair, a woman collecting water, a person holding pills, and an industrial facility.]()
The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution
Ramped-up production of toxins used in the batteries has communities worried.
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![A large brick apartment building with AC window units stands in front of the DC skyline with the Washington monument in the background.]()
![A large brick apartment building with AC window units stands in front of the DC skyline with the Washington monument in the background.]()
The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves
Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC.
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![Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, wearing suits, stand on stage. Trump, wearing a white bandage on his ear, is saying something to Vance.]()
![Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, wearing suits, stand on stage. Trump, wearing a white bandage on his ear, is saying something to Vance.]()
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![A worker sorts plastics at a sorting and compacting facility in Bang Phli in Samut Prakan, Thailand]()
![A worker sorts plastics at a sorting and compacting facility in Bang Phli in Samut Prakan, Thailand]()
One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management
Tackling plastic’s entire lifespan, from production to disposal, could eliminate most of the pollution it generates. But a vast expansion of waste management is a “crucial prerequisite.”
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![A portrait of state Sen. Mary Kunesh from Minnesota]()
![A portrait of state Sen. Mary Kunesh from Minnesota]()
The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations
"We can't sit back anymore and not participate."
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![The white and yellow flower of a Key Largo cactus is seen in full bloom. The plant is the first species in the U.S. driven to extinction by sea level rise.]()
![The white and yellow flower of a Key Largo cactus is seen in full bloom. The plant is the first species in the U.S. driven to extinction by sea level rise.]()
In a first, rising seas drove an entire species to extinction in the US
Sea level rise has eradicated a U.S. species for the first time. What's next?
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![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
