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Heat pumps can help save the planet. But can they save you money?
Here's what you need to know about switching to a heat pump.
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![A large pile of coal and rocks with a coal power plant smokestack in the distance]()
As natural gas prices soar, coal makes a comeback in Europe
In some markets, the price for natural gas has risen 700%.
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As North Carolina warms, one farm is turning to a tropical crop: Taro
It’s part of a larger effort to make the food system more resilient to climate change — and more delicious.
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A Hawaii bill would limit solar power. Gov Ige plans to veto it
Controversial legislation would have derailed state's clean energy efforts.
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A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change
Experts say it's not time to freak out — yet.
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The Colorado stream case that could revolutionize river access
Who owns the beds of Colorado’s rivers? After years of uncertainty and altercations, a court may soon decide.
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Biden proposes more offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
The administration argues that without major climate policies to cut demand, lease sales will bring “net benefits.”
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California passes nation’s toughest plastic reduction bill
Experts say the bill could prevent 23 million tons of plastic pollution by 2032.
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![Collage: red scales weighing (left) a coal plant and (right) the EPA logo. Behind the scales is a cutout of the Supreme Court building with a green and black colored planet Earth rising behind the top right section of the roof. Smoke from the coal plant floats over the building and partially obscures the Earth; two stacks of blue dollar bills peek out behind the building on the left.]()
![Collage: red scales weighing (left) a coal plant and (right) the EPA logo. Behind the scales is a cutout of the Supreme Court building with a green and black colored planet Earth rising behind the top right section of the roof. Smoke from the coal plant floats over the building and partially obscures the Earth; two stacks of blue dollar bills peek out behind the building on the left.]()
The Supreme Court’s climate decision came out of a decades-long campaign to kneecap regulation
A brief history of how dark money and the country's most powerful legal organization brought us to this point.
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The Supreme Court’s EPA decision could have been much, much worse
The decision will limit — but not prevent — the EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
