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![Illustration of hands holding up a blue electric bike]()
![Illustration of hands holding up a blue electric bike]()
How to build a better bike-share program
When corporate owners ditched New Orleans's bike share, the community stepped up to rebuild it with a focus on equity.
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![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
Climate change could submerge Stockton beneath 10 feet of water. The city's aging levees aren't prepared.
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![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.
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![orange car in front of a courtroom]()
A Massachusetts law protects the right to repair your own car. Automakers are suing.
The legal battle has major implications for drivers' pocketbooks, and for the climate.
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![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
The new system follows in California’s footsteps — except when it doesn’t.
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A new EPA proposal is reigniting a debate about what counts as ‘renewable’
The agency wants more ethanol, biogas, and wood pellet power in the nation's fuel mix. But is that actually a good thing?
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![A group of women and children dressed for cold weather hold signs against truck pollution in front of a stationary blue-colored semi truck on December 20, 2022.]()
![A group of women and children dressed for cold weather hold signs against truck pollution in front of a stationary blue-colored semi truck on December 20, 2022.]()
The US has a new pollution rule for heavy-duty trucks for the first time in 2 decades
Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.
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![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
After Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Then Ian happened.
The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet.
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Could your next car be an e-bike?
Here’s how much cash and carbon you’d save by opting for an electric bike.
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![the sun shine off a row or large solar panels in a grassy area next to a road with cars]()
![the sun shine off a row or large solar panels in a grassy area next to a road with cars]()
That empty space next to highways? Put solar panels on it.
Roadside solar fields across the country could power up to 12 million electric vehicles.
