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How Republicans are responding to Biden’s climate agenda — in public and in private
Steve Daines of Montana and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee unveiled two measures aimed at undercutting the Paris Agreement.
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His legacy in expanding access to national parks looms larger than a sequoia
Charles Young and the Buffalo Soldiers cleared the way for today’s access to public lands in the National Park System.
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What is a billionaire’s role in saving the planet?
Does all this money represent pure generosity, or compensation for wrongs done?
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![A photograph of Congresswoman Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is sworn in during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2021.]()
![A photograph of Congresswoman Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is sworn in during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2021.]()
Deb Haaland isn’t as ‘radical’ as some Republican senators think
For some Indigenous environmental advocates and Democrats, the opposition to Haaland’s nomination smacks of racism and a resistance to progress.
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‘It’s in our DNA’: Tiny Costa Rica wants the world to take giant step
President Carlos Alvarado Quesada says the time is finally right for an international agreement to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change.
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What Biden could learn from Bill Clinton’s unfinished work on environmental justice
"The boogeyman when you’re fighting systemic racism is implementation."
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When the grid went dark, Texans faced 3.5M pounds of excess air pollution
Why pollution spiked in frontline communities during the winter storm.
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Why won’t Joe Biden let ethanol die already?
The biofuel’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air.
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Air pollution kills. Making that official can help us tackle it.
The U.K. set a precedent for listing toxic pollution as a cause of death. It’s the catalyst we need to hold polluters accountable.
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His vision for community buy-in on composting: Make it ‘cool’
Domingo Morales, winner of the inaugural David Prize and its $200,000 grant, is bringing his compost education initiative to New York City.
