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Regulators hope sealed enclosures can keep a dangerous chemical from getting loose. Experts think they’re wrong.
The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.
The decision could have far-reaching consequences — including for the fossil fuel industry, which may find itself exposed to a flood of new litigation.
A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”
The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost?
The agency claims the proposed rules will result in a 96% reduction in the population facing cancer risk from 200 polluters.
The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035.
Terra CO2 wants to make cement additives from mining waste. The startup could get a $52.6 million DOE grant to build a clean energy factory near Salt Lake City.
The bill, which just passed Congress, is a bailout for commodity growers and leaves small farmers — and U.S. consumers — out to dry.
