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![Transmission lines at sunset.]()
Massive transmission line will send wind power from Wyoming to California
After 18 years, the TransWest Express line receives final approval.
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![A woman in khakis and a button down shirt and short gray hair stares at an oil plant across a stretch of grass.]()
What happens when a Black enclave is built by Big Oil
A century after the oil industry attracted Black families to Beaumont, Texas, residents are left battling a climate, housing, and health crisis.
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![A close up of machinery with metal pins holding dime-sized batteries.]()
![A close up of machinery with metal pins holding dime-sized batteries.]()
This dime-sized battery is a step toward an EV with a 1,000-mile range
Two Chicago-area institutions teamed up to develop a solid-state battery that packs a huge energy punch—one that could eventually even power airplanes.
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![Image of a gas pump with an ethanol symbol on it.]()
Midwestern leaders want to sell ethanol in summer despite smog risks
Ethanol was sold for years as a “climate-friendly” fuel, but research says it could harm the planet and your health.
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In Washington state, a new initiative to boost urban tree cover
The Washington Tree Equity Collaborative aims to bring more greenery to underserved communities.
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![East Palestine Ohio derailment cleanup]()
In East Palestine, a nightmare that never ends
For the rural Ohio town, it’s another day, another toxic spill as a cleanup truck carrying its contaminated soil overturns on a local highway.
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Banks with ‘net-zero’ pledges are among the top funders of fossil fuels
"Financial institutions need to be held accountable for their role in financing false solutions."
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After infiltrating Standing Rock, TigerSwan pitched its ‘counterinsurgency’ playbook to other oil companies
More than 50,000 pages of newly released documents detail how the security firm targeted pipeline opponents and tried to profit off its surveillance tactics.
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![Collage featuring map of Africa, excerpt from "A Global Deal For Nature," photo of African plantlife, photo of leaders at COP 15, and a photo of Kenyan farmland with a Masai man removed from the center]()
![Collage featuring map of Africa, excerpt from "A Global Deal For Nature," photo of African plantlife, photo of leaders at COP 15, and a photo of Kenyan farmland with a Masai man removed from the center]()
How the world’s favorite conservation model was built on colonial violence
30x30 has been pitched as a key tool in the climate fight. Indigenous peoples say it threatens their lives.
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![President Joe Biden walks near Chevy vehicles as he arrives to deliver remarks during a visit to a General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.]()
![President Joe Biden walks near Chevy vehicles as he arrives to deliver remarks during a visit to a General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.]()
Biden’s new vehicle emissions rules could speed the EV revolution
But only if the U.S. gets a lot more minerals, factories, and chargers.
