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![Aerial view of a Walmart store]()
![Aerial view of a Walmart store]()
Why doesn’t every big box store have rooftop solar?
Superstore roofs span billions of square feet. Covering them in solar panels could power nearly 8 million homes.
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![Rusted oil well in Oklahoma]()
![Rusted oil well in Oklahoma]()
Abandoned oil well counts are exploding — now that there’s money on the table
$4.7 billion released by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has states rethinking their abandoned oil well tallies.
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![Donald Trump's head spinning in a washing machine]()
![Donald Trump's head spinning in a washing machine]()
Biden is ending Trump’s war on green appliances — but not very quickly
The Department of Energy reversed Trump’s rules on dishwashers, washers, and dryers, but is behind on reviewing more than 30 standards.
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![President of the American Petroleum Institute testifying via computer]()
![President of the American Petroleum Institute testifying via computer]()
The American Petroleum Institute wants a greener future, as long as it has more oil and gas
The fossil fuel industry’s strongest defender is still putting up a fight.
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![Coal plant with American flag in foreground]()
![Coal plant with American flag in foreground]()
Coal was dying. Then 2021 happened.
The dirtiest fossil fuel is on the rise — and with it, U.S. carbon emissions.
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![a meadow in the nevada desert]()
![a meadow in the nevada desert]()
Clean energy goes up against tribal rights and biodiversity in Nevada
A geothermal power plant is the latest battlefield for Biden’s green vision.
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![Machinery and pipeline materials]()
![Machinery and pipeline materials]()
Pipelines keep robbing the land long after the bulldozers leave
A flurry of new research shows the long-term effects of pipelines on crop yields.
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![Indiana solar panels]()
![Indiana solar panels]()
The country’s biggest solar farm is coming to one of the coal-friendliest states
How one small farming community in Indiana came to embrace a massive solar project.
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![Holly Jean Buck and her book, Ending Fossil Fuels]()
![Holly Jean Buck and her book, Ending Fossil Fuels]()
‘Net-zero is not enough’: A new book explains how to end fossil fuels
Sociologist Holly Buck wants you to know that fossil fuel phaseout isn’t a "fringe" idea.
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![Smoke coming out of the tailpipe of a car]()
![Smoke coming out of the tailpipe of a car]()
EPA cuts through the smog with the strongest-ever clean car standards
While Build Back Better stalls, Biden tightens emissions on US cars.
