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![Animation: bear from California flag holding a net over smoke from smokestacks with smoke escaping net]()
![Animation: bear from California flag holding a net over smoke from smokestacks with smoke escaping net]()
How a debate over carbon capture derailed California’s landmark climate bill
The failed net-zero bill highlights some of the biggest tensions plaguing climate action around the world.
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![Offshore drilling rig next to a production platform in Gulf of Mexico.]()
![Offshore drilling rig next to a production platform in Gulf of Mexico.]()
The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
Leases that could lead to 600 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions didn't have to happen.
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![Bails of plastic]()
![Bails of plastic]()
Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
Whether it’s a cap on production or a market mechanism, it’s likely to meet industry opposition.
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![Joe Biden sitting at a desk with a christmas tree in the background with a wink on his face]()
![Joe Biden sitting at a desk with a christmas tree in the background with a wink on his face]()
The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
But it might keep propping them up at home.
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![Wind turbines in a field of corn]()
![Wind turbines in a field of corn]()
In a red-state first, Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
There are some caveats, but it’s an ambitious goal for a state that currently gets more than half of its electricity from coal.
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Virginia’s governor-elect wants to get rid of cap-and-trade. There’s just one problem.
Glenn Youngkin's plan to ditch a regional carbon-cutting program could hit a roadblock.
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![President Joe Biden stand on a podium in front of a large solar panel.]()
![President Joe Biden stand on a podium in front of a large solar panel.]()
Biden orders federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050
The country’s largest land owner, energy consumer, and employer aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 65 percent this decade.
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![Federal drilling in Kern County. (Jesse Pluim / Bureau of Land Management)]()
![Federal drilling in Kern County. (Jesse Pluim / Bureau of Land Management)]()
Interior’s new oil and gas leasing plan sidesteps climate action
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
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![U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the 2021 Tribal Nations Summit.]()
![U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the 2021 Tribal Nations Summit.]()
Deb Haaland is taking on racist names on federal lands
“It is well-past time for us, as a nation, to move forward, beyond these derogatory terms.”
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![Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico]()
![Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico]()
EPA restores water protections weakened under Trump
Smaller waterways and wetlands will be covered again under Clean Water Act.
