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![A pumpjack in an oil field, behind barbed wire fence.]()
![A pumpjack in an oil field, behind barbed wire fence.]()
Occidental Petroleum’s net-zero strategy is a ‘license to pollute,’ critics say
The company’s climate strategy could result in more emissions than it prevents.
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![A father and his young daughter plug in their electric vehicle outside their home.]()
![A father and his young daughter plug in their electric vehicle outside their home.]()
California’s EV wave highlights the challenges ahead for utilities
As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide.
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![Collage of person walking away from Microsoft logo, which contains an image of an oil pumpjack]()
![Collage of person walking away from Microsoft logo, which contains an image of an oil pumpjack]()
Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
Inside the worker-led effort to get the world's most valuable company to stop helping the oil and gas industry drill.
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One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions
The power sector’s biggest emitters have less than a decade to start capturing their carbon or shut down
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![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst?
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Climate change is affecting parasites, but not in the way you’d expect.
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![a stream runs through a large red rock canyon at dusk]()
Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
“The tribes fought very hard for the establishment of the monument and are here to defend it.”
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![A view of eight tanks sitting in the middle of a parched field.]()
![A view of eight tanks sitting in the middle of a parched field.]()
How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all
The proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness the tribe considers sacred.
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![A long corridor of dry grass between metal fences, as seen through a metal fence.]()
![A long corridor of dry grass between metal fences, as seen through a metal fence.]()
Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
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![A factory worker guides an enormous cask of molten aluminum across the floor of a smelting factory in Kentucky.]()
![A factory worker guides an enormous cask of molten aluminum across the floor of a smelting factory in Kentucky.]()
The country’s first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75%
Century Aluminum Company hopes half a billion dollars in federal funding will help it revive a dying industry while making it less polluting.
