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![An aerial view of a uranium mine in the middle of a dense forest.]()
![An aerial view of a uranium mine in the middle of a dense forest.]()
The time is right to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. But the Senate needs to hurry.
To get it done this year, senators need to vote by January 3.
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![A polystyrene ramen cup floats in a pond]()
![A polystyrene ramen cup floats in a pond]()
California’s two largest cities ban plastic foam
San Diego and Los Angeles join hundreds of municipalities nationwide that are phasing out polystyrene.
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![Aerial view of Punta del Este surrounded by water]()
![Aerial view of Punta del Este surrounded by water]()
The world agreed to a global plastics treaty. Now comes the hard part.
Negotiators have little to show after a week of meetings in Uruguay.
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![Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia talks on the phone outside of a meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol.]()
![Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia talks on the phone outside of a meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol.]()
Democrats make last-ditch effort to pass Joe Manchin’s energy permitting bill
The legislation would make it easier to ramp up production of green energy — and fossil fuels.
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![Petrochemical facility in Cancer Alley]()
![Petrochemical facility in Cancer Alley]()
Congressional Democrats have a new plan to combat plastic pollution
Proposed legislation would limit plastic production and restrict new petrochemical facilities.
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Salton Sea public health disaster gets a $250 million ‘shot in the arm’
The Interior Department announced new funding to restore a shrinking lake — if California saves more water.
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![Toyota Prius car with hand drawn angel wings and halo]()
![Toyota Prius car with hand drawn angel wings and halo]()
Herschel Walker, South Park, and the Prius: How loving gas-guzzlers got political
Why do Republicans defend polluting vehicles? Because Democrats love the saintly Prius.
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![A nativity scene in front of a sign showing pollution and saying]()
![A nativity scene in front of a sign showing pollution and saying]()
Pew poll: 42% of religious Americans pray for the environment
But that concern for the planet doesn't always include climate change.
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![Herschel Walker smiles in front of a microphone]()
![Herschel Walker smiles in front of a microphone]()
Herschel Walker on the environment: America needs its ‘gas-guzzling cars’
The Republican Senate candidate insisted that cars in the U.S. "got the good emissions."
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![Governor Gavin Newsom stands next to a car holding an electric charger pointing it as though it were a gun]()
![Governor Gavin Newsom stands next to a car holding an electric charger pointing it as though it were a gun]()
How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong
Prop 30 had widespread support. Then Governor Newsom and billionaires got involved.
