Syndicated
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How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods
Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways.
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Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why.
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Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes
So-called rain-on-snow events accelerate ice loss and trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wild animals and the Indigenous peoples who depend on them.
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Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery
Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.
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California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system
Researchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated.
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Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this year.
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Why one Southern California city is updating its zoning code after decades of environmental issues
Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for close to a century.
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Sheep may soon graze under solar panels in one of Wyoming’s first ‘agrivoltaic’ projects
The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state.
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Los Angeles just showed how spongy a city can be
Amid relentless rains, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water — enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.