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The election could ultimately decide the Dakota Access Pipeline’s fate
The controversial oil route once again fended off an order to shut down — for now.
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Father-daughter team details the effects of COVID lockdown on warming
We'd need a yearly quarantine to get emissions down enough to limit global warming.
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The world is drowning in used face masks. Should we turn them into fuel?
For unavoidable plastic waste, there are no good options.
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Europe is going all in on hydrogen power. Why isn’t the US?
The U.S. is passing on the most promising way to cut industrial emissions.
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Want to save lives? Name heat waves like hurricanes, experts say.
Heatwave Hector could be right around the corner.
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BP is dumping a ton of oil … from its energy portfolio
BP’s transition from ‘oil company’ to ‘energy company’ takes shape
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Arctic fires released more carbon in two months than Scandinavia will all year
In June and July, Arctic fires released 204 megatons of carbon dioxide, eclipsing the annual emissions of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland combined.
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Which states are making the most progress on emissions? Not the ones you think.
41 states managed to cut their carbon emissions between 2005 and 2017, even as their economies grew.
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Peatlands could become a climate feedback loop we definitely don’t want to trigger
A new experiment provides a window into the future of peatlands, the world's largest natural carbon store.
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This ‘solution’ to the plastic crisis is really just another way to burn fossil fuels
A new report says that "chemical recycling" isn’t recycling at all.
