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![View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.]()
![View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.]()
Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest
The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.
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The unexpected barrier preventing American small towns from accessing federal climate funds
How a little-known federal grant requirement could hinder climate resilience work.
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![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out.
The Federal Reserve is putting the country's biggest banks to a test.
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![Collage: President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with yellow diamond and blue circle from Brazil flag behind him; a tree and tree stump on either side]()
![Collage: President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with yellow diamond and blue circle from Brazil flag behind him; a tree and tree stump on either side]()
Brazil’s new president faces ‘scorched earth scenario’ left behind by Bolsonaro
For environmental protections in Brazil, a long rebuilding process lies ahead.
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![orange car in front of a courtroom]()
![orange car in front of a courtroom]()
A Massachusetts law protects the right to repair your own car. Automakers are suing.
The legal battle has major implications for drivers' pocketbooks, and for the climate.
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What the House speaker’s deal with ultraconservatives means for climate
“Kevin McCarthy has ceded his speakership and control of the House Republican agenda to the most extreme fringe faction of his party."
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![a photo of JPMorgan offices with people standing inside covered in shadow, company name is on the wall]()
![a photo of JPMorgan offices with people standing inside covered in shadow, company name is on the wall]()
Kentucky becomes the newest battleground in Republicans’ fight against green investing
From the U.S. House to state governments, the GOP takes aim at pro-climate finance strategies.
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![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation.
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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.
