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![An EV charging outlet in front of an apartment building]()
![An EV charging outlet in front of an apartment building]()
Why the slowest EV chargers may be the fastest way to get people into EVs
Apartments need EV charging. Supporters of trickle-slow “Level 1” chargers argue that access is more important than speed.
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![Volunteers harvest fruit from native plants in a roundabout]()
![Volunteers harvest fruit from native plants in a roundabout]()
Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.
In cities like Tucson, Arizona, neighbors are planting trees to provide shade — and food.
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![A construction worker in Los Angeles takes a break from repaving a road to drink directly from a water cooler as temperatures top 100 degrees.]()
![A construction worker in Los Angeles takes a break from repaving a road to drink directly from a water cooler as temperatures top 100 degrees.]()
As summers grow ever hotter, OSHA appears ready to protect workers
Many in the construction and agriculture industries are opposed, but new research shows it would help them, too.
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![Barges and cranes on Chicago river working on buildings.]()
![Barges and cranes on Chicago river working on buildings.]()
Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
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![An aerial view of a mining pit next to a town.]()
![An aerial view of a mining pit next to a town.]()
Is the Southwest too dry for a mining boom?
Critical minerals for the clean energy transition are abundant in the Southwest, but the dozens of mines proposed to access them will require vast sums of water, something in short supply in the desert.
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![The aerial view of Maui that's in color but is almost entirely black and white because of the fire damage.]()
![The aerial view of Maui that's in color but is almost entirely black and white because of the fire damage.]()
Insurance companies are going after Hawaiian Electric to reimburse Lahaina fire claims
Insurers have paid more than $1 billion in claims related to the Lahaina wildfires and want reimbursement from the utility.
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![A large liquefied natural gas tanker sits docked in the Calcasieu River in June 2023, near the site of Venture Global's LNG export terminal.]()
![A large liquefied natural gas tanker sits docked in the Calcasieu River in June 2023, near the site of Venture Global's LNG export terminal.]()
The big question behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pause
The Biden administration will weigh the climate impacts of exporting LNG before approving new terminals. It won't be easy.
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![Three workers install solar panels on the roof of a house.]()
![Three workers install solar panels on the roof of a house.]()
How California is casting a cloud over residential solar
Led by California, rooftop solar installations are poised to fall 12 percent nationally this year. It’s the first decline since 2017.
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![Nathan Fielder stands next to Emma Stone, with cameras and booms surrounding them.]()
![Nathan Fielder stands next to Emma Stone, with cameras and booms surrounding them.]()
Why we love to hate Emma Stone’s environmentalist in ‘The Curse’
How does someone committed to sustainability make for such a believable monster?
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Human Rights Watch blames Louisiana regulators for low birth weights in Cancer Alley
In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.
