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![Digital collage of people at voting booths with pictures of different energy structures around them]()
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The race for clean energy is local
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
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![Workers on the banks of a creek collect trash using a large boom. In the distance are a bridge and tall city buildings.]()
![Workers on the banks of a creek collect trash using a large boom. In the distance are a bridge and tall city buildings.]()
LA County sues Pepsi and Coke over plastic pollution and false advertising
The lawsuit says the companies knew the limitations of plastics recycling but promoted it anyway.
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On the ballot in your state: A guide to 2024’s climate voter referendums
Voters in nearly a dozen states will vote on measures that affect energy, water, climate disasters, and more.
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![A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers]()
Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?
A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.
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Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.
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![Yellow police tape is draped in front of a parking lot in which cars sit in several feet of water]()
![Yellow police tape is draped in front of a parking lot in which cars sit in several feet of water]()
Climate-fueled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates
Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.
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How climate voters could swing the presidential election
In battleground states like Georgia, tens of thousands of climate-conscious voters who didn't show up in 2020 have already cast their ballots.
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![Close-up image of a deep blue solar panel with silver horizonal lines on it, on black equipment]()
![Close-up image of a deep blue solar panel with silver horizonal lines on it, on black equipment]()
The Department of Energy wants to pay companies to make greener solar panels
Only six panels on the market meet the government's sustainability standards — but that number could soon grow.
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The next president could address the plastics crisis — or worsen it. Here’s how.
Advocacy groups say we’re at a “key moment” to reduce plastic production and protect communities from chemicals.
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![A large sign that says 'road closed' blocking a highway near a beach. Beyond, two people walk on the road]()
![A large sign that says 'road closed' blocking a highway near a beach. Beyond, two people walk on the road]()
San Francisco’s surprisingly difficult quest to turn a century-old highway into a park
A ballot measure would permanently close a coastal highway to private vehicles. If the City by the Bay can't do it, who can?
