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![Transmission cables on rolling hills and cloudy skies]()
![Transmission cables on rolling hills and cloudy skies]()
Is your electric utility blocking climate action?
According to a new report, the chances are high.
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![Photo of oil pumpjack in residential area with houses and palm trees overlaid on top of vintage map showing redlined neighborhoods in Los Angeles]()
![Photo of oil pumpjack in residential area with houses and palm trees overlaid on top of vintage map showing redlined neighborhoods in Los Angeles]()
Historically redlined neighborhoods have twice the number of oil and gas wells
A new study reveals the link between structural racism and pollution.
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![A man walks toward a solar panel in Illinois.]()
![A man walks toward a solar panel in Illinois.]()
As utility-scale renewables expand, some Midwest farmers are pushing back
Rural communities are concerned about losing agricultural land in a region long-defined by its farming roots.
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![Flames emerge from a pit, with pumpjacks and a dark sky in the background.]()
![Flames emerge from a pit, with pumpjacks and a dark sky in the background.]()
Methane emissions soar to highest level ever recorded
Uncontrolled gas leaks and flaring are pushing the planet toward catastrophe.
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![Three nuclear cooling towers on a river, with steam blowing from them]()
![Three nuclear cooling towers on a river, with steam blowing from them]()
As Russia attacks Ukraine, experts weigh European ‘renaissance’ for nuclear energy
Could nuclear power help break Europe's dependency on Russian gas?
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![Damage from a mining operation, with wind turbines in background]()
![Damage from a mining operation, with wind turbines in background]()
‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future
Climate panel calls for "rapid and deep" transition away from fossil fuels.
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![A man installing large blocks of insulation in a ceiling]()
![A man installing large blocks of insulation in a ceiling]()
Biden administration lines up $3 billion so low-income families can retrofit their homes
The move will affect nearly a half million households and lower greenhouse gas emissions
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![A semi truck with exhaust coming out of pipes that cover a man using an asthma inhaler; inhaler prescription label in background]()
![A semi truck with exhaust coming out of pipes that cover a man using an asthma inhaler; inhaler prescription label in background]()
Switching to zero-emission cars and trucks could save more than 100,000 lives over the next three decades
The American Lung Association report also estimates $1.2 trillion savings in health care costs
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![U.S. President Joe Biden speaks along side Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young as he introduces his budget request for fiscal year 2023.]()
![U.S. President Joe Biden speaks along side Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young as he introduces his budget request for fiscal year 2023.]()
What’s in Biden’s $5.8 trillion budget proposal?
Funding for green jobs, climate research, and environmental justice.
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![A field of corn in front of an ethanol plant in Illinois.]()
![A field of corn in front of an ethanol plant in Illinois.]()
Midwestern lawmakers are trying to replace Russian oil with ethanol
Advocates of increased ethanol sales argue that it could lower fuel prices and help the climate. Both counts are hotly contested.
