Climate Regulation
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380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.
Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.
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![McGowan Peak in Idaho, surrounded by forest.]()
Idaho cobalt mine is a harbinger of what’s to come
A new venture near Salmon signals an uptick in hardrock mining across the West.
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![Plastic and metal trash against a green background]()
The selective accounting behind the plastic industry’s climate-friendly claims
Industry groups are pushing the U.S. government to keep buying their plastics.
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![A man in a suit stands in front of industrial plant]()
EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
In a “remarkable” letter, the EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution.
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Inside the industry push to label your yogurt cup ‘recyclable’
A network of groups backed by the plastics industry claims polypropylene containers are “widely recyclable,” despite ample evidence to the contrary.
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![Man walks in a landfill with birds fluttering]()
Report: Eliminating waste is a climate solution
Zero-waste practices like composting and production cuts could cut global waste emissions by 84 percent.
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![Wetlands in northern Idaho]()
![Wetlands in northern Idaho]()
What’s protected under the Clean Water Act? The Supreme Court is about to decide.
Sackett v. EPA could roll back protections for more than 50 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
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![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
California’s 2030 ban on gas heaters opens a new front in the war on fossil fuels
The first-of-its-kind plan will purge gas from existing buildings, not just new construction.
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![Collage: a hardrock mine with mountains in the background with objects coming out of the center: a solar panel, a wind turbine, and an electric car with a long orang electric cord plugged into it and winding around the mountain]()
![Collage: a hardrock mine with mountains in the background with objects coming out of the center: a solar panel, a wind turbine, and an electric car with a long orang electric cord plugged into it and winding around the mountain]()
How a clean energy future is colliding with mining’s dark past
“No one wants a mine in their backyard.”
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![Members of Rise St. James protest new chemical developments.]()
![Members of Rise St. James protest new chemical developments.]()
‘Goliath is wobbling’: Louisiana court strikes blow to Formosa’s giant plastics plant
Without air or water permits, the company will have to “go back to the drawing board.”
