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![Collage: Oil refinery with sunset; crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman; a field of solar panels, and colorful green and yellow graphics on top]()
![Collage: Oil refinery with sunset; crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman; a field of solar panels, and colorful green and yellow graphics on top]()
Saudi Arabia has a new green agenda. Cutting oil production isn’t part of it.
The petrostate pitched a plan to cut carbon at COP27. And it’s covered in oil.
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![A Syncrude oil sands mining facility near Fort McKay, Alberta]()
![A Syncrude oil sands mining facility near Fort McKay, Alberta]()
Draft COP27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels
The document will provide basis for negotiations over coming days and is likely to be significantly reworked.
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![Solar panels in Laudun L'ardoise, France]()
France to require all large parking lots to be covered by solar panels
The move could generate enough energy to power over 8 million homes.
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For Midwest governors, climate leadership proves a ‘political winner’
The mandate from the people: work on the environment.
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![An aerial view of a street with many small homes flooded with brown water after a hurricane in Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2022]()
![An aerial view of a street with many small homes flooded with brown water after a hurricane in Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2022]()
In a first, EPA will test southern Puerto Rico air and water
Advocates worry that Hurricane Fiona has made groundwater contamination even worse.
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![Collage: black and white photos of a hand holding a megaphone; an election ballot envelope; a woman holding a microphone at a podium; and planet Earth on top of a green solid background]()
![Collage: black and white photos of a hand holding a megaphone; an election ballot envelope; a woman holding a microphone at a podium; and planet Earth on top of a green solid background]()
From New York to Texas, climate candidates are gaining momentum in local races
If successful, this new crop of activists-turned-politicians could affect climate action from state to local levels.
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Fracking, abortion, and the challenge of raising a family in southwestern Pennsylvania
The right to choose is at risk in the state's midterm elections. What does that mean for the residents of fracking country?
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![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.
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Transmission impossible: Are Democrats punting on permitting reform?
Experts say we can't adopt clean energy without more long-distance power lines. But congressional gridlock is getting in the way.
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![Photo of a biogas plant on top of photo of cattle feedlot]()
![Photo of a biogas plant on top of photo of cattle feedlot]()
A new tax credit for biogas could be a boon to factory farms
Experts say the Inflation Reduction Act's push for biogas is "one step forward and two steps back."
