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A plan to build badly needed housing — and prevent future fires — may soon go up in smoke.
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027.
The people who clean up the world's trash say some companies' statements of support are little more than lip service.
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
A new study suggests unregulated “precursor” compounds account for half of total PFAS pollution at sites around the country.
Many of the solutions are costly, putting them out of reach for small towns. But the region's most populous cities are getting innovative.
Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.
The good news is that prevention is possible.
