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It will cost up to $21.5 billion to clean up California’s oil sites. The industry won’t make enough money to pay for it.
An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits.
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![Environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (pronounced like Patagonia) wears a silver dress that is also a tent]()
![Environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (pronounced like Patagonia) wears a silver dress that is also a tent]()
The North Face’s Pride ad with drag queen Pattie Gonia sparks backlash
A call from the environmental influencer to “come out … in nature” sparked backlash from right-wing commenters and politicians.
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![A home on stilts sits amidst coastal waters and marshlands near Grand Isle, Louisiana. The state has lost thousands of square miles of land since the 1930s.]()
![A home on stilts sits amidst coastal waters and marshlands near Grand Isle, Louisiana. The state has lost thousands of square miles of land since the 1930s.]()
Louisiana’s landmark climate adaptation program is running out of time
“We can rebuild a piece of marsh, but in 30 years, that may be the only piece of marsh there.”
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Tribes call on Haaland to push increased protections for the Grand Canyon
As a 20-year ban on mining in the Grand Canyon passes its midpoint, Indigenous nations look to continue protections indefinitely.
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![Corroded and damaged electric vehicle batteries at the Ascend Elements electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, March 31, 2023.]()
![Corroded and damaged electric vehicle batteries at the Ascend Elements electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, March 31, 2023.]()
The US doesn’t have a law mandating EV battery recycling. Should it?
Recycling batteries could reduce the need to mine critical minerals - but only if the packs are properly recovered.
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Ithaca bets on heat pumps in mobile homes
The upstate New York city would be one of the first in the country to tackle the energy woes of affordable housing.
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What the Supreme Court’s ruling means for the future of wetlands
More than half the nation's wetlands could lose protection under the Clean Water Act.
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There’s big climate money out there for small towns. But will they get it?
How advocates are helping understaffed communities field complicated federal grants.
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Experts sound the alarm on toxic chemicals ahead of plastic treaty negotiations
A quarter of the 13,000 chemicals commonly added to plastics are known to have hazardous properties.
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Guam gets pummeled by Typhoon Mawar — another cyclone charged by warming seas
It's the strongest cyclone to hit the U.S. territory in 20 years.
