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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.
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Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather
Too often, power companies get exactly what they want.
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The First 100 – Joe and Justin’s Parisian bromance
A short-run weekly newsletter analyzing federal climate action during the first months of the Biden administration. Hello, I’m Shannon Osaka, and today is Day 38 of the Biden administration. This week, the president started to nail down his Paris plans — and faced Republican backlash. When it comes to international agreements on climate change, […]
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![A photo collage of repeated images of a United States Treasury check and an electric car plugged into a charger.]()
![A photo collage of repeated images of a United States Treasury check and an electric car plugged into a charger.]()
The EV tax credit can save you thousands — if you’re rich enough
Almost 80 percent of the credits are claimed by people making at least $100k a year.
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![Mark Majkrzak gives out bottles of Rain Pure Mountain Spring Water to people in need on February 19, 2021 in Austin, Texas.]()
![Mark Majkrzak gives out bottles of Rain Pure Mountain Spring Water to people in need on February 19, 2021 in Austin, Texas.]()
‘Solidarity, not charity’: Mutual aid groups are filling gaps in Texas’ crisis response
"Who better to mobilize the community than people who are already in the community?”
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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.
