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![The sky as seen from a room believed to serve as as a storeroom for merchants or other residents of the pre-Colombian settlement on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.]()
![The sky as seen from a room believed to serve as as a storeroom for merchants or other residents of the pre-Colombian settlement on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.]()
In Chaco Canyon, a moratorium on oil and gas leases might be too little too late
Federal data reveal the plan does little to stop drilling and may push future development into Indigenous communities.
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![Two 18-wheeler trucks pass through a neighborhood below an orange sky with a basketball hoop in the foreground.]()
![Two 18-wheeler trucks pass through a neighborhood below an orange sky with a basketball hoop in the foreground.]()
The Biden administration is updating truck pollution standards
"We really should have been doing this yesterday"
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The campus divestment movement has a sophisticated new legal strategy
Students at five universities have launched a coordinated legal campaign against fossil fuel investments.
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![Illustration: ice fishers, ice shacks, and hockey player floating on ice chunks on lake with orange and purple sunset]()
![Illustration: ice fishers, ice shacks, and hockey player floating on ice chunks on lake with orange and purple sunset]()
The Midwest defined itself by its winters. What happens when they disappear?
For Midwesterners, winter has long been a point of pride. Now, climate change is playing havoc with traditions.
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![Black silhouette of oil pumpjack with orange sunset in background]()
How New Mexico abandoned 1,000 oil and gas wells overnight
The state now claims it has more than 1,700 orphan well sites that will cost $290 million to clean up.
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![Residential street with palm trees, houses, and cars; oil refinery in near background]()
Democrats’ climate hopes are riding on a new environmental justice bill
Here's what Republicans had to say about it.
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Biden administration could finally define what ‘clean’ manufacturing is
The federal government wants to use its massive buying power to clean up heavy industry.
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Europe’s next climate challenge: Getting off Russian gas
Europe faces a balancing act: keeping the heat on while promising to eliminate natural gas entirely.
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A California county moves to protect children from lead poisoning — but some aren’t ready for the solution
Decision to ban sale of leaded aviation fuel triggers pushback from FAA and pilots.
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![Photo: A sign showing a temperature of 133F in Death Valley, CA.]()
![Photo: A sign showing a temperature of 133F in Death Valley, CA.]()
A third of Americans are already facing above-average warming
Temperatures in 499 counties across West, Northeast, and upper Midwest US have already breached 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
