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![Illustrated book cover with woman standing on oil machinery next to photo of the illustrator and author, a woman in 30s with long brown hair and light green sweater]()
![Illustrated book cover with woman standing on oil machinery next to photo of the illustrator and author, a woman in 30s with long brown hair and light green sweater]()
The year’s best graphic novel might just be about life in Canada’s oil sands
An interview with Kate Beaton, the author of "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands."
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![A truck parked at a Shell gas station under a dark, stormy sky.]()
![A truck parked at a Shell gas station under a dark, stormy sky.]()
Oil companies say they’re going green, but their investments tell another story
A new report finds that Big Oil spent $750 million last year on climate-friendly marketing.
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![electric utilities transmission wires Houston Texas]()
America’s electric utilities spent decades spreading climate misinformation
Utilities knew about climate change as early as the 1960s and misled the public in order to continue turning a profit.
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What’s the true cost of an induction stove?
A home cook's guide to the induction versus gas debate.
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![Collage: people protesting behind Joe Biden signing a paper with a green bar beneath them; a red bar with a refinery and smoke with dollar signs coming out of the stacks; a green half circle with solar panels and a wind turbine]()
![Collage: people protesting behind Joe Biden signing a paper with a green bar beneath them; a red bar with a refinery and smoke with dollar signs coming out of the stacks; a green half circle with solar panels and a wind turbine]()
‘Make the clean stuff cheaper’: Did the IRA kill the carbon tax?
How Democrats came around to cutting taxes to save the climate.
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![Felisa Benitez, an 86 year old woman, wipes the sweat from her brow while taking a break from cleaning her stand-up electrical fan on the porch of her home]()
![Felisa Benitez, an 86 year old woman, wipes the sweat from her brow while taking a break from cleaning her stand-up electrical fan on the porch of her home]()
Unplugged: Why utilities are more likely to disconnect Black, Latino, and Indigenous households
Extreme weather leaves millions of Americans with power bills they can't afford.
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![Coal plant in Hawaii with orange filter]()
![Coal plant in Hawaii with orange filter]()
Hawai’i shuts down its last coal plant
The move is a “major milestone” in the state’s clean energy transition.
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![a giant piece of equipment and drill platform in the middle of the ocean]()
![a giant piece of equipment and drill platform in the middle of the ocean]()
Court sends 2 Gulf oil leases back to the Department of the Interior
The decision doesn’t halt oil production in the contested areas. But environmental groups are still calling it a win.
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![Collage: an electric car hooked up to a charging station, mountains, a silhouette of North Carolina, a chunk of lithium ore, and a sign with the words]()
![Collage: an electric car hooked up to a charging station, mountains, a silhouette of North Carolina, a chunk of lithium ore, and a sign with the words]()
The electric vehicle boom could bring lithium mines back to North Carolina
Not all locals are happy about it.
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![white steam pours out of a flue on the side of a building from a natural gas boiler]()
![white steam pours out of a flue on the side of a building from a natural gas boiler]()
Will the EPA crack down on pollution from buildings?
26 environmental and public health groups petitioned the agency to phase out fossil fuel-burning heaters.
