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The IRA has injected $240 billion into clean energy. The US still needs more.
An analysis of the bill's impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50.
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Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
A New York City bill to ban laundry pods is just one of many proposed solutions.
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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?
The question of whether humans created a new epoch has been stirring up drama for almost 25 years.
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Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery
Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.
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California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system
Researchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated.
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Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.
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How changes to Hawaiʻi’s home battery program could hinder its clean energy transition
A revision in how much homeowners are paid for electricity they send to the grid could keep them from participating at all.
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How climate change primed Texas to burn
The state's high plains get a month more fire weather now than they did in the 1970s.
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As climate change fractures communities, folklorists help stitch them back together
From Appalachia to the Bayou to the desert Southwest, here's how culture can teach us about adapting to a warmer world.
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SEC will require companies to disclose emissions, with one glaring gap
The agency's new rule excludes 75% of companies' climate pollution.