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In Michigan, the controversial Line 5 pipeline gets one step closer to the finish line
Opponents have called the decision by the state's Public Service Commission "disastrous" and "reprehensible."
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The overlooked climate solution making headway at COP28: Doing more with less
Doubling the annual pace of energy efficiency progress would achieve half of the emissions reductions needed by 2030.
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Illinois governor cancels migrant tent city on toxic land
It's a major win for activists who opposed the controversial project.
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Building sustainable roads in emerging economies
A powerful new approach can help developing countries make road construction and maintenance greener and more affordable.
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Extreme Weather
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The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict
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Extreme heat led to a Taylor Swift fan’s death in Brazil. Could it have been prevented?
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Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community moves forward with first solar canal project in the US
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A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’
Indigenous Affairs
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Here’s what’s at stake for Indigenous peoples at COP28
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The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp
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Still concerned about the Dakota Access pipeline? The feds are asking for comment, 7 years later.
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New US climate report says land theft and colonization amplify the climate crisis for Indigenous peoples
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
Meet the Fixers
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Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most toxic industries to Africa. People are getting sick.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
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Plastic credits are supposed to support new cleanup projects. Do they?
Critics say they won’t work, for one of the same reasons carbon credits haven’t.
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The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.
Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.
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America’s first ‘enhanced’ geothermal plant just got up and running
Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction.
Watch This
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At COP28, a raft of initiatives to reduce methane includes a long-awaited EPA rule
The EPA rule could trim 2 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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Salton Sea could meet nation’s lithium demand for decades, study finds
The potential of geothermal brine extraction dwarfs the deposits at Thacker Pass in Nevada.
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The EPA is aiming to get rid of lead pipes in 10 years. But not in Chicago.
The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
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Despite war at home, Palestine arrives at global climate conference
At COP28 in Dubai, Palestinian delegates are calling attention to another crisis.
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