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![Environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (pronounced like Patagonia) wears a silver dress that is also a tent]()
![Environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (pronounced like Patagonia) wears a silver dress that is also a tent]()
The North Face’s Pride ad with drag queen Pattie Gonia sparks backlash
A call from the environmental influencer to “come out … in nature” sparked backlash from right-wing commenters and politicians.
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![Corroded and damaged electric vehicle batteries at the Ascend Elements electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, March 31, 2023.]()
![Corroded and damaged electric vehicle batteries at the Ascend Elements electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, March 31, 2023.]()
The US doesn’t have a law mandating EV battery recycling. Should it?
Recycling batteries could reduce the need to mine critical minerals - but only if the packs are properly recovered.
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![HVAC worker kneeling to install a heat pump]()
![HVAC worker kneeling to install a heat pump]()
Ithaca bets on heat pumps in mobile homes
The upstate New York city would be one of the first in the country to tackle the energy woes of affordable housing.
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![Closeup photo of a car getting pumped with gasoline]()
Gasoline use isn’t falling fast enough. Targeting ‘superusers’ could help.
America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.
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Biden administration pauses copper mining project on Oak Flat, a sacred Apache site
The Arizona mine project won't move forward until more discussions with Indigenous communities.
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![A city employee tosses an assortment of plastic containers into a curbside recycling truck in Houston, Texas.]()
![A city employee tosses an assortment of plastic containers into a curbside recycling truck in Houston, Texas.]()
New research defends curbside recycling as an effective climate tool
The study finds that, despite their cost and other drawbacks, such programs can help small cities reach their climate goals.
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![Photo of dry, wilted sunflowers with dark clouds in the background]()
![Photo of dry, wilted sunflowers with dark clouds in the background]()
It’s near certain that the next 5 years will be the hottest yet
El Niño may push global temperatures past 1.5C, the World Meteorological Organization warned.
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![Illustration of television with earth on screen]()
The next cameo on your favorite TV show could be climate change
Behind the push to get more climate mentions in film and television.
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![A tractor approaches garden waste at a compost center in England]()
![A tractor approaches garden waste at a compost center in England]()
A simple way to prevent heaps of methane pollution: Composting
A new study says the practice could slash landfill emissions by as much as 84 percent.
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Washington state now has the nation’s strongest law against toxic cosmetics
The legislation targets harmful chemicals that are often found in products marketed to women of color.
