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![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
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Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
The new system follows in California’s footsteps — except when it doesn’t.
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![Smoke billows from smoke stacks at coal burning power plant.]()
EPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
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![Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 in Brazil with a banner that reads in Portuguese:]()
![Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 in Brazil with a banner that reads in Portuguese:]()
Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon effectively protect forests. Why is deforestation increasing?
Even with strict regulations, protected areas lost forest to weakened environmental policies under the Bolsonaro regime.
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![Smoke billows from Guayanilla Petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico.]()
![Smoke billows from Guayanilla Petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico.]()
5 climate questions for 2023
Alleged criminal conspiracies, water wars, quake-safe energy, and deforestation are among the biggest climate topics in the coming year.
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![Fooding by the Highway 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.]()
![Fooding by the Highway 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.]()
Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?
Heavy rains may refill reservoirs, but they won't solve the state's broader water crisis.
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Kentucky becomes the newest battleground in Republicans’ fight against green investing
From the U.S. House to state governments, the GOP takes aim at pro-climate finance strategies.
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A new EPA proposal is reigniting a debate about what counts as ‘renewable’
The agency wants more ethanol, biogas, and wood pellet power in the nation's fuel mix. But is that actually a good thing?
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Europe kicks off 2023 with a record-setting heat wave
Climatologists are calling it “the most extreme heat wave in European history."
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![A group of women and children dressed for cold weather hold signs against truck pollution in front of a stationary blue-colored semi truck on December 20, 2022.]()
![A group of women and children dressed for cold weather hold signs against truck pollution in front of a stationary blue-colored semi truck on December 20, 2022.]()
The US has a new pollution rule for heavy-duty trucks for the first time in 2 decades
Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.
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After years of pressure, 3M will stop making ‘forever chemicals’
Legal experts estimate future PFAS litigation could cost the company more than $30 billion.
