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How to cool one of the fastest-warming cities in the West
In Phoenix, a new heat office hopes to prevent more people from dying of extreme heat.
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Biden administration moves to restore mercury rules for power plants weakened under Trump
EPA reaffirmed its authority to regulate mercury and other hazardous air pollutants amid push to curb power plant emissions.
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What voting rights mean for the planet
The inextricable link between voting rights and environmental justice
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There’s a hurricane-sized hole in Texas air quality data
A new report finds Texas regulators often miss pollution because its air monitors are disabled during hurricanes.
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Exxon locked workers out of their jobs. Can workers lock Exxon out of a carbon capture deal?
A union is warning Texas officials not to give Exxon money for carbon capture until it fixes its labor problems.
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Nanoplastic pollution found at both of Earth’s poles for first time
Tiny particles including tire dust found in ice cores stretching back 50 years, showing global plastic contamination.
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In blow to Biden administration, judge halts oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico
Biden has outpaced Trump in selling oil and gas permits on public lands. A federal judge has temporarily paused "runaway drilling."
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Chile is in for a mining boom. Could a new constitution prevent environmental catastrophe?
Advocates hope to enshrine the rights of nature and Indigenous protections into law.
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Extreme weather is destroying more crops. Taxpayers are footing the bill.
Climate change is straining agricultural insurance systems in the US.
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Electric vehicles drive up demand for ‘green metals’
The need for energy-transition metals breathes life into new mines in the West.
