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![A photograph of the Bond Wildfire in California]()
![A photograph of the Bond Wildfire in California]()
After a Trump-length pause, the EPA is relaunching a major climate change report
Drawing on data from 50 government agencies, the EPA has published 54 indicators of global warming.
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![Four years after then California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order to lift the California's drought emergency, the state has re-entered a drought emergency with water levels dropping in the state's reservoirs. Water levels at Lake Oroville have dropped to 42 percent of its 3,537,577 acre foot capacity. The lake is a sliver of blue between arid hills of exposed lakebed.]()
![Four years after then California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order to lift the California's drought emergency, the state has re-entered a drought emergency with water levels dropping in the state's reservoirs. Water levels at Lake Oroville have dropped to 42 percent of its 3,537,577 acre foot capacity. The lake is a sliver of blue between arid hills of exposed lakebed.]()
Two-thirds of California’s counties are in a drought emergency. Get used to it.
Water scarcity is now a permanent feature.
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Cheers? Rising temperatures could make Michigan the next great wine hub.
By 2024, Michigan hopes to have an estimated 10,000 acres in wine grape cultivation.
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Renewable energy didn’t just survive 2020 — it thrived
But don't mistake projected growth in renewables for emissions reductions.
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Why electric cars are cheaper if you’re rich
What is the true cost of electric vehicles? If you can afford the up-front costs, you might just be surprised.
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![Voting rights activists protgesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC]()
![Voting rights activists protgesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC]()
What do voting restrictions and anti-protest laws have in common?
Both have sponsors funded by fossil fuel companies.
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![Michael Regan in front of a circular background of a Chicago scrapyard]()
![Michael Regan in front of a circular background of a Chicago scrapyard]()
This Chicago scrapyard is testing Michael Regan on environmental justice
A Southeast Side community’s fight for environmental justice just got a boost from the EPA — but the fight is far from over.
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Hackers found America’s energy weak spot
Cyber attackers forced the Colonial Pipeline — the U.S.'s biggest pipeline — offline. Wind and solar farms could be next.
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![An aerial view of the Willamette Valley in Oregon.]()
![An aerial view of the Willamette Valley in Oregon.]()
Building people power to restore the Willamette River — and communities’ relationships with it
The Willamette River Initiative helped foster collaboration across racial, ideological, and rural-urban divides, and created fruitful, ongoing relationships for the betterment of the river.
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![Collage with cicadas and cicada shells surrounding an alarm clock]()
Cicadas like to be on time. But are they getting confused by climate change?
Brood X cicadas can be tricked by warming temperatures.
