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Monitoring a ‘sea of trucks’ in Chicago
Activists found more than 5,000 trucks and buses passing through a single neighborhood in a day.
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8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?
The climate benefits of shared e-scooters depend upon how companies deploy and manage them, and what steps are taken to keep riders safe.
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Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast. Yours could be next.
Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it’s happening at an uneven rate. That’s bad news for its sprawling public transportation system.
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The downballot races that could transform energy policy in Arizona and Nebraska
The energy future of fossil-fuel dependent Phoenix could be reshaped by some clean-energy advocates who just won seats on the board of a public power utility.
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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The lowly light bulb is the Biden administration’s latest climate-fighting tool
The DOE is tripling efficiency standards for light bulbs, a move that will cut CO2 emissions by 70 million metric tons and save consumers $27 billion over 30 years.
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A climate pledge verifier said it would allow more carbon offsets. Its staff revolted.
In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."
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How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question.
As COP29 climate talks approach, developing nations are pushing for a huge boost in decarbonization and disaster funding.
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DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands
But the agency stopped short of telling the company to move.
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For a just transition to green energy, tribes need more than money
Advice from an Indigenous researcher: "To go fast, start slow."
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Biden’s environmental justice scorecard offers more questions than answers
The White House's own environmental justice progress report gives little insight into the green benefits delivered to disadvantaged communities.
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Corporate climate plans are improving, but still ‘critically insufficient’
New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies' emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them.
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In honor of our 100th issue of Looking Forward, here are some of the most surprising, most actionable, and most fun solutions we've explored together.
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