Syndicated
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GOP-run districts get 85% of the benefit of climate law. Some still hate it.
A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.
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Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
Avangrid Renewables said it plans to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
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Ecuador voted to keep oil in the ground. Will it happen?
More than 10 million Ecuadorians voted last year to ban oil operations in part of the Amazon rainforest. But heavy crude has continued to flow from the region, which is home to uncontacted Indigenous families.
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The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.
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For Florida corals, unprecedented marine heat prompts new restoration strategy — on shore
North America’s only barrier reef is withering from heat and disease. Can efforts to preserve and propagate the corals at land-based facilities save them?
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Minnesota settles ‘deceptive environmental marketing’ lawsuit over ‘recycling’ plastic bags
The lawsuit was among a burgeoning crop of plastics litigation amid growing awareness of a global plastics crisis.
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Biden administration announces more than $2 billion in grants to boost US power grid
The grid is overburdened, under-resourced — and vital to the energy transition. New federal funding aims to increase capacity and get more clean energy built.
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Wildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisis
California’s Park Fire displaced thousands of people. What will happen to them?
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Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder
Rising temperatures mean dehydrated, exhausted kids, and teachers who have to focus on heat safety instead of instruction.