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![An illustration of (from left to right) a cotton bud, a sewing machine sewing jeans, a stack of jeans with a price tag, a pair of hands holding up jeans, and a garbage can with jeans hanging out of them.]()
![An illustration of (from left to right) a cotton bud, a sewing machine sewing jeans, a stack of jeans with a price tag, a pair of hands holding up jeans, and a garbage can with jeans hanging out of them.]()
Should wasteful purchases cost more?
Whoever made the mess should pay to clean it up. But who is actually responsible?
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One bright side of 2020: A surge in battery storage
… and it’s just the beginning.
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Are nutritional supplements the best choice for people, their pets, and the planet?
Divesting from fossil fuels requires us to think about what’s really in the things we eat.
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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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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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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.
