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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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![Faith Kearns pictured with her new book, "Getting to the Heart of Science Communication: A Guide to Effective Engagement" in which she discuses how to talk about climate change and other divisive science issues.]()
![Faith Kearns pictured with her new book, "Getting to the Heart of Science Communication: A Guide to Effective Engagement" in which she discuses how to talk about climate change and other divisive science issues.]()
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.
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Countries are getting serious about climate change. And then there’s Australia.
How Australia fudged the numbers at Biden's climate summit.
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Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas enter the arms race to criminalize protest
The Republican push to criminalize pipeline protests is expanding beyond fossil fuel-producing states.
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“Long overdue”: The Senate just passed $35 billion for clean drinking water.
America's water systems are aging and underfunded. This bipartisan bill might change that.
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2 years after passing a landmark climate law, New York has no plan to fund it
Governor Cuomo just approved the largest budget in New York history — and it has virtually no new funding to help meet the state's emissions goals.
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‘Climate emergency’: Hawaii is the first state to call it like it is
The 50th state is making history.
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Biden’s climate mantra? ‘Jobs, jobs, jobs.’
In his first address to Congress, Biden frames climate work as an economic opportunity.
