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![Six black, smudged solar panels are placed on the roof of a house with a blue house in the background.]()
![Six black, smudged solar panels are placed on the roof of a house with a blue house in the background.]()
As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar
Land for large solar arrays is limited on the island. Rooftop panels can provide electricity during blackouts and bring the island closer to its clean energy goals.
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![Two homes and two cars appear on a street with huge waves pounding a wall behind them.]()
![Two homes and two cars appear on a street with huge waves pounding a wall behind them.]()
As sea levels rise, the Quinalt Nation moves to higher ground
The community on the coast of Washington state has a plan to establish a new village with low-impact development and green infrastructure.
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![A large array of solar panels stretches over an urban landscape under a cloudy sky.]()
![A large array of solar panels stretches over an urban landscape under a cloudy sky.]()
A year in, New York’s pioneering public power law makes uneven progress
New York Power Authority is preparing to build state-owned clean energy projects for the first time — but advocates want more transparency.
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![A view of eight tanks sitting in the middle of a parched field.]()
![A view of eight tanks sitting in the middle of a parched field.]()
How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all
The proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness the tribe considers sacred.
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![A long corridor of dry grass between metal fences, as seen through a metal fence.]()
![A long corridor of dry grass between metal fences, as seen through a metal fence.]()
Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
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![A sign that reads Please help God clean up Flint tacked to the side of a building with bars on the windows.]()
![A sign that reads Please help God clean up Flint tacked to the side of a building with bars on the windows.]()
A decade later, Flint’s water crisis continues
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town."
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![Cars sit in bumper to bumper traffic on a highway.]()
![Cars sit in bumper to bumper traffic on a highway.]()
A highway in Indiana could one day charge your EV while you’re driving it
Construction of the pilot project on U.S. Highway 52 began this month. State officials hope it can help quell range anxiety and electrify long-haul trucks.
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![A Black woman with short hair and sunglasses stands next to a white woman with short blonde hair and glasses. They both hold signs that say No Railroad in our community.]()
![A Black woman with short hair and sunglasses stands next to a white woman with short blonde hair and glasses. They both hold signs that say No Railroad in our community.]()
Rural Georgia community battles railroad trying to take their land
An officer with the Georgia Public Service Commission says a private company can take land from 18 property owners in Sparta.
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![An aerial view of reddish sand and a red oil rig in the middle of two areas of scrub brush.]()
![An aerial view of reddish sand and a red oil rig in the middle of two areas of scrub brush.]()
Drilling for oil on public land in the US is about to get more expensive
The long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates.
