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Unstable Ground
How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic.
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![A tractor sits in a field of green grass. it is dark outside and the sun is rising in the background.]()
![A tractor sits in a field of green grass. it is dark outside and the sun is rising in the background.]()
Will the Farm Bill be the next big climate package? It depends on the midterm elections.
Republicans have already vowed to strip climate funding from the bill.
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![Danish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022.]()
![Danish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022.]()
Nord Stream gas leaks may be biggest ever, with warning of ‘large climate risk’
‘Colossal amount’ of leaked methane, twice initial estimates, is equivalent to third of Denmark’s annual CO2 emissions or 1.3 million cars.
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![a man walks through a flooded street in between two houses]()
Puerto Ricans were already angry about the power grid. Then came Hurricane Fiona.
“Fiona is a storm, and the privatization of the electric grid is a storm as well.“
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![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
California’s 2030 ban on gas heaters opens a new front in the war on fossil fuels
The first-of-its-kind plan will purge gas from existing buildings, not just new construction.
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![Illustration of offshore wind farm in the New York Harbor.]()
Compared to oil and gas, offshore wind is 125 times better for taxpayers
A new report finds per-acre revenue from offshore wind blows oil and gas out of the water
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Overdue reform or underhanded deal? Here’s what’s in Manchin’s permitting bill.
The bill drew criticism from both sides of the aisle, but it's unclear how it would affect U.S. emissions.
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![photo of a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in November 2016]()
The long legal saga of DAPL arsonist Ruby Montoya is coming to an end
More than five years after admitting to her crimes, Montoya was sentenced to six years in federal prison.
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![The new solar array on the roof of the Downtown High School in San Francisco, California]()
![The new solar array on the roof of the Downtown High School in San Francisco, California]()
Schools are harnessing solar power in record numbers
Solar arrays offer cost savings and educational opportunities.
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![Man and two children walk on flooded road]()
![Man and two children walk on flooded road]()
Hurricane Fiona threatens Puerto Rico’s fragile recovery
Five years after Maria, another slow-moving storm "catches the island at the very worst moment."
