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The US electric grid is getting a $3.5 billion upgrade
New funding from the Biden administration aims to build an energy system more resilient against climate impacts.
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To obscure the risks of gas stoves, utilities borrowed from Big Tobacco’s playbook
Industry-funded research downplayed health hazards as far back as 1974, documents show.
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Sámi youth enlist the king of Norway’s help to fight an illegal wind farm
Indigenous organizers and environmental advocates have been fighting to remove a green energy project for years. So far, authorities haven’t helped.
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The fight over a facility that recycles dead animals in Los Angeles
Neighbors had celebrated the temporary shutdown of Baker Commodities, an animal-byproduct recycling plant, but now an upcoming court decision could allow it to fully reopen.
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Scientists lay out a sweeping roadmap for transitioning the US off fossil fuels
A 600-plus-page report from the National Academies of Science includes 80 recommendations for how the U.S. can achieve its target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
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How a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans
An investigation found that local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize.
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Marco temporal: The anti-Indigenous theory that just won’t die
A recent effort by Brazilian lawmakers would be a disaster for Indigenous land claims and efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest.
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Climate change has toppled some civilizations but not others. Why?
The link between environmental disasters and societal collapse, explained.
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Record-breaking wildfires blanket Brazil with smoke
The blazes come on top of a drought that has left some river communities stranded.
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The EU just kicked off its biggest climate experiment yet
The world’s largest single market has launched a bold plan to tax carbon at its borders. The rest of the world is paying close attention.
