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![two black and white photos of an oil refinery on a solid green background. one photo is underneath the other and has question marks on top of it]()
![two black and white photos of an oil refinery on a solid green background. one photo is underneath the other and has question marks on top of it]()
Three open questions about Biden’s new environmental justice tool
More than 2,000 public comments raise concerns that racial justice and cumulative burdens are being overlooked.
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![An airplane taking off toward a field of wind turbines.]()
Aviation can meet Paris targets — if it makes massive changes
Sustainable fuels and increased efficiency could put the industry on track for limiting warming to 1.75 degrees Celsius.
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![The Climeworks CO2 collector (a big fan) is located in the exhibition rooms of the Zukunftsmuseum, the branch of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.]()
![The Climeworks CO2 collector (a big fan) is located in the exhibition rooms of the Zukunftsmuseum, the branch of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.]()
A new coalition is placing a big bet on carbon removal technology
Companies, nonprofits, foundations, and universities are coming together to promote "direct air capture," or sucking CO2 from the air. But not everyone thinks it is a good idea.
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![Collage of bar graphs; one with a wind turbine on top, one with a solar panel on top, and the third bar placed underneath a smokestack]()
![Collage of bar graphs; one with a wind turbine on top, one with a solar panel on top, and the third bar placed underneath a smokestack]()
Think climate action is expensive? Inaction could cost $178 trillion.
But zeroing out emissions could create a green Industrial Revolution, a new report says.
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The mental block preventing people from buying electric vehicles
A new study found people greatly underestimate how many of their daily tasks an EV could support.
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![Collage of solar panel on top of abstract shape with black images of american flag and 100 dollar bill]()
![Collage of solar panel on top of abstract shape with black images of american flag and 100 dollar bill]()
How ‘USA-first’ failed the solar industry
Solar tariffs were supposed to save the U.S. solar industry. They slowed it down instead.
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![Collage of outlines of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona with trees and a carbon removal facility on top]()
![Collage of outlines of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona with trees and a carbon removal facility on top]()
Why Boulder County and Flagstaff are enlisting cities to suck carbon out of the atmosphere
Move over, Big Tech: These communities are building a local coalition for carbon removal.
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![San Diego has shored up its water supplies by upgrading the All-American Canal, which takes Colorado River water to California's Imperial Valley.]()
![San Diego has shored up its water supplies by upgrading the All-American Canal, which takes Colorado River water to California's Imperial Valley.]()
A quiet revolution: Southwest cities learn to thrive amid drought
San Diego, Phoenix, and Las Vegas have embraced innovative strategies for conserving and sourcing water, providing these metropolitan areas with sufficient water supplies to support their growing populations.
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Heat pumps do work in the cold — Americans just don’t know it yet
These heating/cooling systems have been called the "most overlooked climate solution." Now they can work in temperatures far below freezing.
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Tech companies are spending big to suck carbon from the atmosphere. Should the government, too?
State and federal lawmakers pitch spending billions to scale up a nascent industry with an uncertain business model.
