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Undocumented workers are cleaning up our climate disasters. A new bill would protect them.
The disaster recovery workforce lacks the kind of job stability, health care benefits, and labor protections that government employees receive.
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If Build Back Better fails, federal climate policy may depend on Republican cooperation
Democrats' climate agenda actually contains a lot of the kinds of climate policies Republicans say they support.
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Remember Sharpiegate? The White House has a plan to prevent future shenanigans.
Federal task force launches strategy to restore the public's trust in science.
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Biden’s top environmental justice official just left the White House. What now?
Cecilia Martinez was the "heart, soul, and mind" of Biden's ambitious environmental justice plans.
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From off-shore turbines to electric school buses: New York talks big on climate
Governor Hochul announced major climate ambitions in first state address.
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Is the US uniquely bad at tackling climate change?
After decades of failed climate bills, America seems to have a problem.
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Republicans could get behind a green jobs program. Just not this one.
The Civilian Climate Corps was a broadly popular idea. How did it become so polarizing?
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What happened to Biden’s climate policy plans? A visual guide.
RIP Build Back Better (probably)
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EPA cuts through the smog with the strongest-ever clean car standards
While Build Back Better stalls, Biden tightens emissions on US cars.
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Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden’s ambitious climate plans
Americans were supposed to get clean energy tax credits for Christmas. Instead they're getting another shelved climate bill.
