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Minnesota to require 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040
Utilities can use a mix of solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear, hydrogen power, and biomass — energy obtained from burning wood and trash — to meet the 2040 goal.
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How the Supreme Court could finally force Big Oil to face trial
Dozens of cities and states sued oil giants for deceiving the public. The Supreme Court could soon break these cases out of limbo.
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Not to be outdone, the EU commits $270 billion to its own Green New Deal
No one wants to be left behind in the growing green economy.
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![Gas pipes come out through the walls of a ditch and a bright orange flame vents out natural gas. Drilling equipment sits in the background.]()
Report: Burning gas in oil fields cost tribes $22 million
How poor methane rules are costing tribes and taxpayers.
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Extreme Weather
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California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
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California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
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Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?
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Europe kicks off 2023 with a record-setting heat wave
Indigenous Affairs
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In this Swedish bestseller, a young Sámi woman fights for survival
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Brazil’s new president faces ‘scorched earth scenario’ left behind by Bolsonaro
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Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon effectively protect forests. Why is deforestation increasing?
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Avatar: The Way of Water or how not to make Indigenous futurism movies
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Exxon reports record profits, doubles down on fossil fuels
The White House responds with renewed calls to boost production.
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There’s a deal to save the Colorado River — if California doesn’t blow it up
The plan would cut water use on the river by roughly a quarter, drying up farms and subdivisions across the Southwest.
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EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine
Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
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How a defunct Trump policy still threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
The short-lived rule is helping the mining industry from beyond the grave.
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Auckland drenched by New Zealand’s wettest month on record
The nation’s prime minister attributes the torrential rain and flooding to climate change.
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Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest
The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.
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‘The Deluge’ is a climate nightmare — and it’s based on reality
Stephen Markley explains how he wrote a dystopia that feels a little too real.
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As fracking increases in Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny
With demand for natural gas surging during the Russia-Ukraine war, Texans say their homes are on the frontlines of new drilling.
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