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![The Erickson Aero Tanker 107 MD-87 firefighting aircraft makes a drop of retardant to contain a wildfire as it approaches homes during the Fairview Fire near Hemet, California in Riverside County on September 7, 2022.]()
![The Erickson Aero Tanker 107 MD-87 firefighting aircraft makes a drop of retardant to contain a wildfire as it approaches homes during the Fairview Fire near Hemet, California in Riverside County on September 7, 2022.]()
Wildfire smoke is hurting pregnant moms and babies. Can California cities protect them?
The legacy of redlining in Fresno isn’t just linked to housing access. It also has deadly effects on air quality and preterm birth.
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![Man walks in a landfill with birds fluttering]()
![Man walks in a landfill with birds fluttering]()
Report: Eliminating waste is a climate solution
Zero-waste practices like composting and production cuts could cut global waste emissions by 84 percent.
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Unstable Ground
How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic.
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![A tractor sits in a field of green grass. it is dark outside and the sun is rising in the background.]()
![A tractor sits in a field of green grass. it is dark outside and the sun is rising in the background.]()
Will the Farm Bill be the next big climate package? It depends on the midterm elections.
Republicans have already vowed to strip climate funding from the bill.
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![Numerous recyclable plastic bottles arranged in a group.]()
![Numerous recyclable plastic bottles arranged in a group.]()
‘We can’t recycle our way out’
From chemical recycling to plant-based alternatives, scientists size up the most promising solutions to plastic pollution.
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![An oil slick turns an ocean and beach brown]()
![An oil slick turns an ocean and beach brown]()
Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills
Cars and highways are among the top contributors to ocean oil pollution, study finds.
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![Unused pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic gas pipeline are stored on the site of the Port of Mukran.]()
![Unused pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic gas pipeline are stored on the site of the Port of Mukran.]()
The huge expansion of oil pipelines is endangering the climate, report says
Thousands of miles of new pipelines planned around world show ‘an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals.’
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![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
California’s 2030 ban on gas heaters opens a new front in the war on fossil fuels
The first-of-its-kind plan will purge gas from existing buildings, not just new construction.
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![Collage: a hardrock mine with mountains in the background with objects coming out of the center: a solar panel, a wind turbine, and an electric car with a long orang electric cord plugged into it and winding around the mountain]()
![Collage: a hardrock mine with mountains in the background with objects coming out of the center: a solar panel, a wind turbine, and an electric car with a long orang electric cord plugged into it and winding around the mountain]()
How a clean energy future is colliding with mining’s dark past
“No one wants a mine in their backyard.”
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![A woman with a bag walks past an electric car charging station in front of a building]()
![A woman with a bag walks past an electric car charging station in front of a building]()
To ensure access to electric cars, some activists are calling attention to ‘charging deserts’
"If we don't get in now, we're going to be behind — and we'll never catch up."
