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![Photo of Ron DeSantis giving a speech. A sign on the podium says]()
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Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause.
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![Three people walk on sand with puddles on the edge of a lake.]()
![Three people walk on sand with puddles on the edge of a lake.]()
In Utah, climate concerns are now motivating candidates
Would-be voters in the coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
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![Photo of President Biden in front of a podium next to two American flags]()
You can start applying for the American Climate Corps next month
Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.
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As heat becomes a national threat, who will be protected?
Extreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected.
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![Glen Canyon Dam holds back water to create the Lake Powell reservoir. The dam divides the river's Upper Basin from its Lower Basin.]()
![Glen Canyon Dam holds back water to create the Lake Powell reservoir. The dam divides the river's Upper Basin from its Lower Basin.]()
States and tribes scramble to reach Colorado River deals before election
Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation.
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![A sign warns lobbyists from entering the Maryland State Senate chamber in Annapolis, Md., Monday, April 9, 2018, the final day of the state's 2018 90-day legislative session.]()
![A sign warns lobbyists from entering the Maryland State Senate chamber in Annapolis, Md., Monday, April 9, 2018, the final day of the state's 2018 90-day legislative session.]()
8 states move to ban utilities from using customer money for lobbying
Utilities have come under fire for lobbying to stall climate policies and keep fossil fuel plants running.
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![Tractors and burning piles of burning agricultural waste block a highway during a farmers protest in Spain]()
![Tractors and burning piles of burning agricultural waste block a highway during a farmers protest in Spain]()
What Europe’s egg-hurling farmers can teach us about climate progress
EU officials had big plans to slash emissions from farming. Then the protests started.
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![A man in a blue suit and red tie stands at a podium in front of a group of people.]()
![A man in a blue suit and red tie stands at a podium in front of a group of people.]()
When a climate denier becomes Louisiana’s governor: Jeff Landry’s first month in office
Landry has surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives — and he has targeted the state’s climate change task force.
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How the US government began its decade-long campaign against the anti-pipeline movement
Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets.
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![circular cutout of top half of Seattle's Space Needle on top of bottom half of BP logo]()
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Washington’s key climate law is under attack. Big Oil wants it to survive.
How did a cap-and-trade program considered the "gold standard" gain the support of oil companies?
