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How we calculated the size of the Southwest’s abandoned oil well problem
Using machine learning, we found that states are grossly undercounting orphan wells.
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‘No teeth and no funding’: How regulators failed to police the oil industry
Thirty years of data show Texas and New Mexico officials struggled to identify and fine violators.
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One researcher’s quest to quantify the environmental cost of abandoned oil wells
Unplugged wells could be quietly leaking millions of pounds of methane in West Texas.
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Fighting pipelines to the last mile
In British Columbia, Native communities, activists, and local government are split over new pipelines and their environmental risks.
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The First 100 – Biden’s (not-so-secret) climate plan
This week, the Biden infrastructure plan landed.
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Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks
Many environmental justice advocates worry the interstate climate initiative will leave overburdened communities behind.
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Ohio’s utility bribery scandal could cost the public billions more than previously thought
If not for HB6, Ohioans could avoid more than $2 billion in excess utility bills and $7 billion in health care costs, according to new research.
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Has Eugene, Oregon, found a ‘superpower’ for climate action?
The city is eyeing changes to its natural gas contract to fund climate ambitions.
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How Britain’s ‘build back better’ plan went very, very wrong
What the U.S. can learn from the U.K.’s disastrous home retrofit program.
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We found them: The weirdest questions on living sustainably
From unbreakable Mason jars to the mysteries of the deep sea.
