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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.
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![Joe Biden speaks into a microphone]()
![Joe Biden speaks into a microphone]()
Biden to federal contractors: Make plans to cut your greenhouse gas emissions
Companies supplying the largest buyer of goods on the planet could soon have to get in line with the Paris Agreement.
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![Maura Healey speaks to attendees of the Massachusetts Democratic Party's election-night event.]()
![Maura Healey speaks to attendees of the Massachusetts Democratic Party's election-night event.]()
What the midterm elections mean for the climate — so far
As control of Congress leans right, hope for action shifts to the White House and states.
