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California is racing to electrify trucks. Can the industry keep up?
As frontline communities demand relief from diesel pollution, trucking advocates warn the state is moving too fast.
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REI will ban ‘forever chemicals’ from clothes and cookware in 2024
The announcement is “yet another nail in the coffin for PFAS.”
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![A damaged single story house with its front porch bent lies in a forested area in Eastern Kentucky after flooding in July 2022]()
![A damaged single story house with its front porch bent lies in a forested area in Eastern Kentucky after flooding in July 2022]()
A report on flood-ravaged communities in eastern Kentucky asks: What is the real cost of rebuilding?
The answer: try at least $500 million.
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![Storm clouds gather behind a home that was destroyed by Hurricane Ida, in Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana.]()
![Storm clouds gather behind a home that was destroyed by Hurricane Ida, in Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana.]()
As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too
New levees are too late to stop the exodus for bayou villages like Pointe-aux-Chenes.
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It would take less than 3% of Big Oil’s profits to clean up methane emissions
"There is just no excuse" for the rise in methane emissions last year, IEA director says.
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![Illustration of yellow and orange house in the snow, with a heat pump on its side keeping it warm]()
![Illustration of yellow and orange house in the snow, with a heat pump on its side keeping it warm]()
Heat pumps are taking off in Maine, one of the coldest states
With greater than 100 percent efficiency, the devices offer protection from both chilling winters and hotter summers.
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![Construction equipment works on derailed trains. There is snow on the ground and bare trees in the background.]()
![Construction equipment works on derailed trains. There is snow on the ground and bare trees in the background.]()
The train derailment in Ohio was a disaster waiting to happen
Trains carry hazardous chemicals everyday. They're also dangerously unregulated.
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Are the feds sacrificing endangered salmon to help potato farmers?
Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow "has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”
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Kentucky floodwaters are rising again and activists blame strip mines
Coal mining provided jobs for decades but has left the land vulnerable to fatal floods.
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![The LOTOS Oil Refinery and a nearby gas station in Gdansk, Poland.]()
![The LOTOS Oil Refinery and a nearby gas station in Gdansk, Poland.]()
Report: World’s fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion
European Union countries spent big to fight rising costs.
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![An aerial view of the Hawaii coastline with blue-green water lapping at the mountainous island.]()
![An aerial view of the Hawaii coastline with blue-green water lapping at the mountainous island.]()
Hawaii quietly rolls back innovative plan to manage marine resources
The change came amid pressure from the state's vocal fishing community.
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![A man in a bright orange vest stands next to a blue cart in front of a huge row of black machines.]()
![A man in a bright orange vest stands next to a blue cart in front of a huge row of black machines.]()
Can crypto mining go green? Critics are skeptical
Some miners are promising more climate-friendly operations, but research shows the industry is a long way from putting that into practice.
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