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Why doesn’t every big box store have rooftop solar?
Superstore roofs span billions of square feet. Covering them in solar panels could power nearly 8 million homes.
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Want to heal the planet? Stop ignoring Indigenous science.
A Q&A with Jessica Hernandez, a Maya Ch’orti and Binnizá-Zapotec environmental scientist.
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Abandoned oil well counts are exploding — now that there’s money on the table
$4.7 billion released by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has states rethinking their abandoned oil well tallies.
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If Build Back Better fails, federal climate policy may depend on Republican cooperation
Democrats' climate agenda actually contains a lot of the kinds of climate policies Republicans say they support.
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Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.
They say the technology poses an “unacceptable risk.”
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In the aftermath of climate disasters, America’s vulnerable students struggle to recover
The GAO found that two-thirds of all public school students lived in counties that experienced major disasters from 2017 to 2019.
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Climate change linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find
Studies show high temperatures and air pollution during pregnancy can cause lifelong health effects.
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Nobody is listening to climate scientists. What if they went on strike?
The bizarre logic of scientists putting a moratorium on science.
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California regulators blame a warehouse fire for toxic fumes that displaced thousands. Locals say there’s more to the story.
In a city home to 175 industrial sites, pinpointing blame is a difficult task.
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Exxon pledges to cut emissions — but not from its oil
Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards.
