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Katrina, the BP spill, now Houston: This consulting firm keeps coming under fire
The Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health is no stranger to controversy.
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![Aerial shot approaching the Ravenswood Generating Station in New York.]()
![Aerial shot approaching the Ravenswood Generating Station in New York.]()
‘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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Why Toledo just gave legal rights to Lake Erie
In a special election this week, voters supported a controversial ballot measure giving Lake Erie the right to “exist, flourish, and naturally evolve.”
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![A damp view of Atlantic City's boardwalk.]()
![A damp view of Atlantic City's boardwalk.]()
Atlantic City can’t afford to roll the dice on sea-level rise
With more frequent floods, many East Coast cities are looking at becoming the next Atlantis.
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![Six recycle bins overflowing with cardboard.]()
![Six recycle bins overflowing with cardboard.]()
‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
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![Thousands of youth strikers gather in Parliament Square in central London to protest the government's lack of action on climate change.]()
![Thousands of youth strikers gather in Parliament Square in central London to protest the government's lack of action on climate change.]()
Youth-led climate protests sweep across Europe
European students are too cool for school -- and they know the planet is too hot for inaction.
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The Green New Deal is already at work in one Portland neighborhood
How one community is building a green workforce to combat climate change.
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Solar-power benefits aren’t reaching communities of color
A new study in Nature Sustainability finds racial and ethnic disparities in rooftop solar adoption, even controlling for income and homeownership.
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Gavin Newsom talks tough (with pie charts!) about California’s climate goals
Gavin Newsom says California towns must allow new construction near transit or face his wonky wrath.
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After Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken rebuilt itself for climate change
Six years after Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken, New Jersey, is redesigning itself with an eye toward the storms of the future.
