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![Photo of mountaintop removal mine site with photo of flooded street in Kentucky layered on top]()
![Photo of mountaintop removal mine site with photo of flooded street in Kentucky layered on top]()
How coal mining increased East Kentucky’s flood risk
Coal mining destroyed Appalachia's mountaintops. Then came the floodwaters.
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![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
A California nonprofit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
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![Arctic Alaska North Slope Oil Development]()
Is the Biden administration fast-tracking a ‘carbon disaster’ in Alaska?
Documents obtained by Grist show that Congressional Democrats' requests for more time to review ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project have been met with silence.
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![A photo of four men in hard hats on a rooftop, installing blue solar panels. They are bound by safety harnesses. Two men watch them from the ground.]()
![A photo of four men in hard hats on a rooftop, installing blue solar panels. They are bound by safety harnesses. Two men watch them from the ground.]()
Biden’s under-the-radar executive moves would make solar cheaper for low-income renters
Before the Manchin news broke, Biden announced a slate of climate measures.
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![Oscar Sanchez, a participant in the General Iron hunger strike, speaks during a protest of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021.]()
![Oscar Sanchez, a participant in the General Iron hunger strike, speaks during a protest of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021.]()
Chicago made its Southeast Side a polluter’s haven, violating civil rights
The city’s decision to relocate a scrapyard to a majority Black and Brown community is part of a pattern of environmental discrimination, according to a federal investigation.
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![houses in the foreground with an oil refinery in the background]()
Experts to Congress: Restore EPA enforcement staffing and funding for environmental justice
Since 2011, enforcement budget has declined by nearly 30 percent.
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A key US energy efficiency program has a major flaw — and Pennsylvania is trying to fix it
Homes are rejected for efficiency upgrades because they need repairs. Many owners can't afford them.
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![Fugitive emissions captured by an infrared camera at the Elk Hills Power Plant in Kern County, California.]()
![Fugitive emissions captured by an infrared camera at the Elk Hills Power Plant in Kern County, California.]()
California regulators try to salvage system for allowing ‘extreme’ pollution
Residents challenge regulators’ claims that they can’t account for toxic oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.
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![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
What happened to the ‘war on coal’ in West Virginia?
The activism spotlight has left the Coal River Valley. But when the battlefield is your home, you don’t give up the fight.
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Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes
In Toledo, Ohio, monitoring and treating algae-contaminated water from Lake Erie costs $100 per family per year.
