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From the cradle: How kids, newborns, and the unborn jump-started South Korea’s historic climate lawsuit
A constitutional court has ruled that South Korea can’t just set a carbon neutrality target — it has to have a roadmap to making it real.
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As Pennsylvania chooses the next president, its unions are choosing clean energy
A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy.
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Biden’s FEMA director tried to fix the agency. Did she succeed?
In an exclusive interview, Biden FEMA chief Deanne Criswell discusses her attempts to create a “very different” disaster agency.
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Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement?
Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move.
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As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.
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Midwest grid operators submit $1.7 billion plan to build cross-border power lines
MISO and SPP are seeking approval for a joint transmission project that could unlock gigawatts of clean energy — and create a template for similar collaborations.
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GOP-run districts get 85% of the benefit of climate law. Some still hate it.
A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.
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How climate change is expanding the reach of EEE, a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness
Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease with a high mortality rate, has been spreading in the Northeast as temperatures rise.
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NYC’s food delivery workers are sweltering in the heat — and demanding more protection
"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again."
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States are falling behind in using IRA funding to advance climate action
Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available.