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What are PFAS and why are people freaking out about them?
These chemicals are in most American’s blood, but isn't being regulated in our drinking water. Here’s what that means for our health.
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Oil and gas leasing rejected in Wyoming because, well, climate change
A federal judge ruled that ignoring climate impacts in policymaking is no longer an option.
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Cyclone Idai lays bare the fundamental injustice of climate change
The storm is not a natural disaster; it was made worse by climate change, centuries of colonialism, and continuing international injustices.
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The youth climate strikes fight back against despair
The moral heart of climate action today is in young people demanding a better world.
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Electrifying news: Solar and wind power has quintupled in a decade
If this keeps up, the U.S. would be on track to 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050.
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Air pollution from Harvey was bad. This Houston petrochemical fire is worse.
The fire released more than nine million pounds of pollutants in its first day.
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Parents and Republicans push back on the EPA’s proposed mercury rollback
“It has literally taken generations to get these standards implemented, and yet today we are facing an action by EPA that could upend the progress we have made.”
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Record-breaking flooding in Nebraska is visible from space
A hurricane-strength storm system unleashed torrential rainfall over the deep Nebraska snowpack.
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‘Monumental step backwards’: The $1 billion gas pipeline project dividing New York
Environmental groups oppose the underwater pipeline that would bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania to New York.
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It’s time for climate change communicators to listen to social science
Writers like David Wallace-Wells try to persuade with facts. Cognitive science suggests there's a better way.
