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![a sign at a Shell gas station lists gas prices as high as $5.85]()
![a sign at a Shell gas station lists gas prices as high as $5.85]()
Spiking gas prices are a preview of an energy transition gone wrong
Experts say the Build Back Better Act’s climate policies could help.
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![Federal drilling in Kern County. (Jesse Pluim / Bureau of Land Management)]()
![Federal drilling in Kern County. (Jesse Pluim / Bureau of Land Management)]()
Interior’s new oil and gas leasing plan sidesteps climate action
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
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![Collage: money being dumped into a house with solar panels on it and an electric car]()
![Collage: money being dumped into a house with solar panels on it and an electric car]()
Green incentives usually help the rich. Here’s how the Build Back Better Act could change that.
The reconciliation bill could shake up the tradition of green handouts to the wealthy.
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![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
Black and Latino neighborhoods pay more for energy despite far lower emissions
A new study explores the rift between who gets energy benefits and who bears energy burdens.
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![Collage: an oil pumpjack surrounded by a rainbow, a unicorn, and songbirds]()
![Collage: an oil pumpjack surrounded by a rainbow, a unicorn, and songbirds]()
Shilling for Big Oil: Study analyzes PR’s hidden role in climate crisis
Ever wonder why people keep talking about "clean coal"?
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![An aerial shot shows the Mississipi River at a tilt.]()
![An aerial shot shows the Mississipi River at a tilt.]()
Energy company cancels $2.5 billion oil export terminal in Louisiana
The project faced stiff opposition from residents, who argued it would have destroyed a historic slave burial site.
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![Chairman Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., prepare for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine “infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands,” in Dirksen Building on Thursday, June 24, 2021.]()
![Chairman Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., prepare for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine “infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands,” in Dirksen Building on Thursday, June 24, 2021.]()
Manchin and Cortez Masto kill chances of reforming outdated hardrock mining law
The nearly 150-year old law allows mining companies to extract resources like copper and lithium royalty-free.
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Climate change deniers are over attacking the science. Now they attack the solutions.
A new study charts the evolution of right-wing arguments.
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![An electric vehicle charging station sign and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe flag]()
![An electric vehicle charging station sign and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe flag]()
Midwest tribes awarded $6.6 million to build their own EV charging network
After years of battling pipelines, it's another way to fight back against fossil fuels.
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![Great Kiva at Pueblo Bonito Ruin Chaco Culture National Historic Park New Mexico]()
![Great Kiva at Pueblo Bonito Ruin Chaco Culture National Historic Park New Mexico]()
Biden proposes 20-year drilling ban near sacred Indigenous site
The plan would stop all future drilling within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.
