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Will the Ford F-150 Lightning turn Middle America onto EVs?
Picture a new type of EV driver: one who rolls around in a 400-horsepower pickup truck.
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As Arctic broils, world leaders convene in Iceland to talk climate change
Temperatures in parts of the Arctic hit 86.5 degrees Fahrenheit this week -- breaking several local records.
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Here’s why Congress is recognizing Hazel M. Johnson, the ‘mother of environmental justice’
Proposed legislation would posthumously award Johnson the Congressional Gold Medal — and her own postage stamp.
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After a Trump-length pause, the EPA is relaunching a major climate change report
Drawing on data from 50 government agencies, the EPA has published 54 indicators of global warming.
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![Voting rights activists protgesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC]()
What do voting restrictions and anti-protest laws have in common?
Both have sponsors funded by fossil fuel companies.
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Hackers found America’s energy weak spot
Cyber attackers forced the Colonial Pipeline — the U.S.'s biggest pipeline — offline. Wind and solar farms could be next.
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![a photo of the Florida everglades with a wide expanse of blue, calm waters on the left, and a series of crisscrossing power lines on the right.]()
![a photo of the Florida everglades with a wide expanse of blue, calm waters on the left, and a series of crisscrossing power lines on the right.]()
Biden wants to balance infrastructure and conservation goals. But it won’t be easy.
The Biden administration wants to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and water by 2030. But can it do that and significantly expand renewable energy?
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Western tribes already lacked water access. Now there’s a megadrought.
Why some tribal advocates and water experts are feeling hopeful.
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The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change? It’s wrong.
Faith Kearns’ new book offers insights from conversations IRL.
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How Arizona’s attorney general is weaponizing climate fears to keep out immigrants
As the right grapples with what comes after climate denial, a Copper State lawsuit suggests creeping ‘eco-fascism’ in Europe may be a model.
