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Follow the money: US subsidizes oil and gas so investors never lose
Finally, we have the numbers and they're not pretty, detailing how it doesn't matter what price fuel is.
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![Collage: a recycling bin overflowing with hard drives]()
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Can you recycle a hard drive? Google is quietly trying to find out
Rare earth magnet recycling is about so much more than sustainable data centers.
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![Smoke from a wildfire rising above a field of grape vines]()
![Smoke from a wildfire rising above a field of grape vines]()
As wildfires worsen, more California farms are deemed too risky to insure
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat.
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![Collage: a cargo ship carrying a large package overflowing with items]()
![Collage: a cargo ship carrying a large package overflowing with items]()
What’s the true cost of shipping all your junk across the ocean?
Walmart and other retail giants import millions of goods on polluting cargo ships.
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How bankruptcy lets oil and gas companies evade cleanup rules
"It's basically bankruptcy for profit."
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US Southwest, already parched, sees ‘virtual water’ drain abroad
As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
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![An old mining cart with cell phones, an electric car, and wind turbines inside of it]()
![An old mining cart with cell phones, an electric car, and wind turbines inside of it]()
The plan to turn coal country into a rare earth powerhouse
With plans for a Made-in-America renewable energy transformation, Biden administration ramps up efforts to extract rare earth minerals from coal waste.
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![A photo of bread, onions, and zucchini on a wooden table (left) and a large brown paper bag with three blue circles and the words]()
![A photo of bread, onions, and zucchini on a wooden table (left) and a large brown paper bag with three blue circles and the words]()
Food waste is heating up the planet. Is dumpster-diving by app a solution?
38 million people are buying "mystery bags" to curb climate change.
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Can the ‘right to a healthy environment’ stop Exxon’s expansion in Guyana?
The case is the first in the Caribbean to challenge fossil fuel extraction on constitutional grounds.
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![Joe Biden and Janet Yellen with a pen in between them and an Earth in the background]()
![Joe Biden and Janet Yellen with a pen in between them and an Earth in the background]()
Biden’s latest executive order takes aim at climate change’s risk to the economy
The order tasks Biden's climate advisors with preparing a sweeping strategy to tackle risks to financial markets and the economy.
