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Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts
The state joins Maine and Colorado in a growing movement to block utilities from using ratepayer dollars to delay climate action.
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Why Maine’s climate-conscious governor vetoed an offshore wind bill
Climate priorities and labor standards are colliding, threatening to stall wind energy in a renewable-friendly state.
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A California bill could reveal corporate America’s climate secrets
The bill has rankled the oil and gas industry, agricultural groups, and reportedly an iconic burger chain.
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New Jersey is teaching kids about climate. Opponents call it ‘indoctrination.’
The education culture wars are coming for climate change.
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Environmental groups slam ‘poison pills’ in debt ceiling bill
The proposal would push forward a 303-mile pipeline and weaken a bedrock environmental law.
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Another target of GOP spending cuts: renewables for farmers
A budget proposal in the House could roll back billions for rural clean energy.
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What the Supreme Court’s ruling means for the future of wetlands
More than half the nation's wetlands could lose protection under the Clean Water Act.
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There’s big climate money out there for small towns. But will they get it?
How advocates are helping understaffed communities field complicated federal grants.
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At last, states reach a Colorado River deal: Pay farmers not to farm
The Biden administration has temporarily resolved a dire water crisis — with help from a wet winter.
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What does climate change have to do with the debt ceiling crisis?
A barrage of climate disasters has slowed down federal tax collection just when it's needed most.