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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.
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![a blue Nissan Leaf is plugged into a charging station outside of a red brick apartment building with chain link fence surrounding it]()
![a blue Nissan Leaf is plugged into a charging station outside of a red brick apartment building with chain link fence surrounding it]()
Think apartment-hunting is frustrating? Try doing it with an electric car.
As the US switches to EVs, apartment-dwellers struggle to plug in.
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![Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory.]()
![Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory.]()
Coal isn’t dying yet. 2021 brought a record surge in use.
As much of the world emerged from lockdown, coal stepped in to meet energy needs.
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![A woman does laundry near demolished residential buildings in Xiancun, a urban village in the Zhujiang New Town district of Guangzhou as high commercial and residential buildings rise in the distance.]()
![A woman does laundry near demolished residential buildings in Xiancun, a urban village in the Zhujiang New Town district of Guangzhou as high commercial and residential buildings rise in the distance.]()
The wealthiest people on the planet are responsible for almost half of carbon emissions
Yet climate policies disproportionally affect the middle and lower class.
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![a building under construction in new york city]()
![a building under construction in new york city]()
New York City bans gas heating and stoves from new buildings
The ban will go into effect for small buildings in 2024 and large buildings in 2027.
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![Offshore drilling rig next to a production platform in Gulf of Mexico.]()
![Offshore drilling rig next to a production platform in Gulf of Mexico.]()
The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
Leases that could lead to 600 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions didn't have to happen.
