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![collage of moose head, vintage rifle, and shirtless man wearing open buffalo plaid jacket, on top of a photo of a forest]()
How Abercrombie & Fitch used the outdoors to sell clothes
The 'White Hot' retailer helped shape the notion that 'to get back to nature, Americans needed to go shopping first.'
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![The Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell]()
As Lake Powell dries up, the US turns to creative accounting for a short-term fix
A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.
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![Silhouette of Washington state with cut out image of heat pump unit on top]()
First all-electric heating mandate for buildings passes in Washington state
Under a new energy code, most new commercial and large multifamily buildings will have to install heat pumps.
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What Macron’s reelection means for climate action in France
In his campaign, Emmanuel Macron vowed to turn France into a "great environmental nation.” As president, he still has a lot to prove.
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![Black and brown arms shaking hands, mountains, globe, and laurel wreath in background]()
Indigenous leaders convene at UN to push for human rights protections
The international forum provides an opportunity for communities from across the globe to meet. Here's what's on the table.
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![Cup of dirty water with collage of pipe and barrels leaking black liquid that is seeping into the ground]()
![Cup of dirty water with collage of pipe and barrels leaking black liquid that is seeping into the ground]()
New Jersey could be opening new front in war for clean water
Civil suit against legacy polluters aims to help frontline community with groundwater contamination.
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![JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stands with his arms cross]()
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Will Big Oil and major banks face another reckoning from investors this year?
A new season of shareholder climate demands has begun. Here’s what’s coming.
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![A view of Shell Chemical's new multi billion-dollar ethane cracker plant processing plant across the Allegheny River can be seen under construction October 27, 2017 in Monaca, Pennsylvania.]()
![A view of Shell Chemical's new multi billion-dollar ethane cracker plant processing plant across the Allegheny River can be seen under construction October 27, 2017 in Monaca, Pennsylvania.]()
Amid hopes and fears, a plastics boom in Appalachia is on hold
The Ohio River Valley is wrestling with whether to tie its fortunes to another toxic, boom-and-bust industry.
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![US President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, on April 22, 2022.]()
![US President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, on April 22, 2022.]()
Biden signs Earth Day executive order to protect old-growth forests
The order contains vague language around logging, disappointing some environmentalists calling for a ban on the practice on federal lands.
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![Collage of Elon Musk next to a trophy with the XPRIZE logo on the base]()
Elon Musk-funded carbon removal prize announces 15 ‘milestone’ winners
More than 1,000 teams have registered for the contest so far.
