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Airbnb will help some hosts pay for new heat pumps
A pilot program in Massachusetts will give Airbnb vacation-rental owners $2,500 to install air-source heat pumps and make their properties more energy-efficient.
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A historic Black community fights to block Arizona utility’s expansion plan
The town of Randolph is is now virtually surrounded by gas plants, pipelines, a hazardous waste site and a steel company contracted to manufacture the former president’s border wall.
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Despite what you may think, ethanol isn’t dead yet
The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics.
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The EPA extends federal protection to tribal waters
The proposed rule will ensure more than 500,000 tribal citizens enjoy clean water protections.
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A California bill could help make EVs a blackout solution
The state might require every electric vehicle to be capable of powering your home — and the grid — through a process called bidirectional charging.
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After a four-year campaign, New York says yes to publicly owned renewables
The state has set ambitious climate targets. Now it'll build the clean energy it needs to meet them.
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How the Supreme Court could undermine the climate fight
Justices will hear a case that challenges a long-standing precedent that underpins many public health and climate regulations.
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Chile’s national lithium strategy raises questions about the environmental and social costs of EVs
Critics want the move to go beyond raising revenue and to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction.
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Brazil’s president returns 800 square miles of Indigenous Iand to its original caretakers
The move bars non-Indigenous from any economic activity in the area and prohibits mining and logging without permission.
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How changing the United Nations will help Indigenous peoples and the world
"Indigenous people have to be at the forefront of responses to climate change."
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Maine court recharges plan for embattled transmission line
The new wires will help wean New England off fuel oil and natural gas.
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Listen: Why this successful climate writer quit to become an electrician
When Nate Johnson — a former Grist journalist — felt his passion for writing start to wane, he found a new direction. Now, instead of writing about the need to electrify everything, Nate is doing that work himself.
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