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As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide.
As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.
Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso offer a devil’s bargain: new power lines for clean energy transmission at the cost of more fossil fuels.
The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk.
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
From the Kentucky floods to Helene and back again, people throughout Appalachia are using their experiences to help others through disaster.
This year’s wet winter helped save the river from collapse. But a reckoning is on the horizon.
Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.
