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With electricity demand spiking, the Southern Company has opted to keep burning fossil fuels.
Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts.
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027.
A new study suggests unregulated “precursor” compounds account for half of total PFAS pollution at sites around the country.
In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.
Hydropower loss added 121 million metric tons of carbon emissions over 20 years — about the same as putting 1.3 million more cars on the road.
The celebrated “loss and damage” fund is stalled over disagreements about who should pay in, who should receive funds, and the role of the World Bank.
An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.
