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Here’s what it will take for Biden and Harris to deliver on environmental justice
Environmental justice advocates are cautiously optimistic about the new administration's plans to protect vulnerable communities from the disproportionate effects of pollution.
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Meet the experts handling Biden’s transition to the White House
These researchers, lawyers, and businesspeople will help the president-elect maximize the potential of executive action.
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Youth activists will push for climate action — even with a divided Congress
The Sunrise Movement and the American Conservation Coalition, two groups on opposite ends of the political spectrum, both aim to push members of Congress on the issue of climate change.
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Colorado voted to bring back wolves. Why was the race so close?
The ballot measure once had overwhelming support, but the vote was decided on a razor’s edge.
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Biden defeats Trump, ending 4 years of environmental destruction
The Democrat will soon have to face the most difficult hurdle yet: getting comprehensive climate policy through Congress, possibly without the aid of a Democrat-controlled Senate.
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EPA staff on Trump’s anti-diversity orders: ‘They are punitive and demeaning’
Agency employees signed on to the most vocal condemnation from within the government of the president’s orders yet.
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The US has left the Paris climate agreement. Mail-in ballots could get us back in.
The outcome of the 2020 election is unclear, but one thing is certain: The U.S. has officially withdrawn from the Paris Agreement.
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Moby Dick is a perfect parable for what’s at stake in the 2020 election
Can the United States uphold its democratic values?
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Progressives bet that drinking water can help the left flip a House seat in Nebraska
An ad backing Green New Deal Democrat Kara Eastman in the Omaha area race casts GOP Representative Don Bacon as a polluters’ stooge.
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Joe Biden makes a final pitch to Americans in 2 new climate ads
It’s officially the 11th hour -- the candidates’ final opportunity to relay their thesis statements to voters.