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Kern County is already super polluted, but it wants to fast-track 67,000 oil and gas wells.
Biden promised to prioritize people over polluters. His pick to deliver that, Michal Freedhoff, is facing a bare-bones budget, demoralized staff, and increasingly angry advocates.
Using machine learning, we found that states are grossly undercounting orphan wells.
Biden schooled Trump on environmental justice during the second presidential debate.
Most of our energy is squandered as heat. This technology turns it into electricity.
Early results show progressives are doing surprisingly well in Kentucky and New York.
In Florida, Michigan, and Oregon, three millennial Democrats believe climate action will be a winning issue with conservative voters.
It’s always good news for the environment when a coal plant closes — but when a state’s only coal-fired power plant shuts down? That’s a true milestone.
As the right grapples with what comes after climate denial, a Copper State lawsuit suggests creeping ‘eco-fascism’ in Europe may be a model.