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![Biden stands in front of two electric vehicles.]()
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‘Big Three’ automakers join Biden in electric car promises
Ford, GM, and Stellantis have vowed that up to 50% of their car sales will be electric by 2030.
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![Collage: Florida, half underwater, with a gas station sign, fuel tanks, and refineries]()
![Collage: Florida, half underwater, with a gas station sign, fuel tanks, and refineries]()
A Florida city wanted to move away from fossil fuels. The state just made sure it couldn’t.
The story behind Florida’s new laws that strip cities of their ability to fight climate change.
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![Collage: a cargo ship carrying a large package overflowing with items]()
What’s the true cost of shipping all your junk across the ocean?
Walmart and other retail giants import millions of goods on polluting cargo ships.
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Be very careful where you build that seawall
Walls are meant to keep out rising seas — but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.
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How many 500-year floods must Detroit endure in a decade?
Detroit's flooding problem needs long-term climate solutions.
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Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’
Transportation and dry cleaning make it the worst green option for consumers of fashion, study finds.
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Car culture disproportionately kills Black Americans. The pandemic made things worse.
The number of Black people who died in traffic collisions rose by nearly a quarter last year.
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A proposal to make cargo ships pay for pollution is making waves
The shipping industry's emissions keep climbing.
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![Illustration: a hand holding a drivers license belonging to planet Earth]()
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I hate cars. Should I learn to drive anyway?
Knowing how to drive — or even owning a car — doesn't automatically put you on the road to climate ruin.
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The US wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it?
Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.
