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New research shows that dry weather is coming on more quickly than before, with little advance warning.
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
“The new system confirms what we knew about the National Flood Insurance Program — which was that it’s a deeply unfair system."
Beyond the environmental impacts, a clean energy transition can provide financial and health benefits too.
Kentucky's newest strategy might stop coal barons from gaming the reclamation system.
Environmental regulators are "trying to do the bare minimum by throwing something through Google Translate,” one advocate said.
The “renewable” industry creates major emissions, destroys forests, and causes health and safety issues in low-resource communities.
A new report calls on rich countries to provide immediate relief.
But will more expensive leases mean higher electricity prices?