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![Madonna Manor maintenance supervisor Lamar Jackson left, stacks bottled water brought by Mac Epps of Mississippi Move, as part of the supply efforts by city councilman and State Rep. De'Keither Stamps to a senior residence in west Jackson, Miss.]()
![Madonna Manor maintenance supervisor Lamar Jackson left, stacks bottled water brought by Mac Epps of Mississippi Move, as part of the supply efforts by city councilman and State Rep. De'Keither Stamps to a senior residence in west Jackson, Miss.]()
Mississippi is lifting COVID restrictions while thousands of residents can’t even wash their hands
Texas’ experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly.
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![A photo collage of a coal miner looking at a split arrow]()
![A photo collage of a coal miner looking at a split arrow]()
As coal dies, the US has no plan to help the communities left behind
Coal country can reinvent itself — if it gets the cash
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‘Climate Neutral’ products are now a thing. What’s behind the label?
The latest eco-label on the market, Climate Neutral Certified gets companies to offset 100 percent of their carbon.
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Here’s why this new fracking ban in the Northeast is a big deal
Fracking got banned in parts of four states, and the industry is livid.
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![A photograph of rusty abandoned oil pumps in rural Texas.]()
![A photograph of rusty abandoned oil pumps in rural Texas.]()
Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
One Texas oil and gas company left the state responsible for almost $10 million after its 2019 bankruptcy.
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The key to passing climate policy? Rein in (or win over) utilities monopolies.
Investor-owned utilities — yes, IOUs — dominate the system and wield enormous political power. Only the feds can change that.
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![A photo collage of the silhouette of California with a pair of worn work gloves on top, and a background of illustrated conifer trees.]()
![A photo collage of the silhouette of California with a pair of worn work gloves on top, and a background of illustrated conifer trees.]()
Biden wants to build a jobs corps to save the planet. California’s already doing it.
A California experiment holds lessons for Biden's Civilian Climate Corps.
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![An aerial picture of the new location of a metal scrapyard in the Southeast Side of Chicago]()
![An aerial picture of the new location of a metal scrapyard in the Southeast Side of Chicago]()
Pollution is so bad in this Chicago neighborhood, people are on hunger strike to stop it
It's been nearly a month since dozens of Chicagoans went on hunger strike to stop a scrapyard from being moved to a lower-income neighborhood.
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![A collage of a photograph of a coal plant, the logo of the Environmental Protection Agency, and a photograph of President Joe Biden signing a piece of paper.]()
![A collage of a photograph of a coal plant, the logo of the Environmental Protection Agency, and a photograph of President Joe Biden signing a piece of paper.]()
Inside Biden’s uphill battle to restore the EPA after Trump
“We've seen more and more regulatory capture of our environmental agencies.”
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Cities voted for green building codes. Now developers want to end voting.
Powerful lobbying groups are fighting to block cities from having a final say over building codes that could cut pollution and make energy bills cheaper.
