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Biden administration announces $660 million to plug abandoned wells
“It’s a lot of money, but it's nowhere near enough.”
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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
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How air pollution and the housing crisis are connected
When you're homeless, dangerous air isn't just during wildfire season.
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Wood isn’t the climate-friendly material you think it is
A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
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A rule that could help save coal miners’ lives finally moves forward
After decades of hard work, coal miners' advocates celebrate a federal plan to tighten toxic silica dust exposure guidelines — and vow to make it even stronger.
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Canadian wildfire smoke brings another wave of ‘very unhealthy’ air to the Midwest, East Coast
It likely won't be the last time this summer.
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Tropical forest loss sped up in 2022, despite global pledge to halt deforestation
A new analysis shows the world lost 10 million acres of tropical forest last year — an area the size of Switzerland.
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The feds move to speed up development of wind and solar on public land
A rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management would cut leasing fees for those projects by 80 percent.
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Closing the coal ash loophole
Over half the nation's coal ash sites are unregulated. If a new EPA proposal closes the loophole, what comes next for communities that live with them?
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The climate crisis is on track to push one-third of humanity out of its most livable environment
As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.